by Penny | 19 Oct, 2012 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Renaissance Art, Social History, UK Activity, Women artists
Angelica Kauffman – from The Uffizi to the Royal Academy Angelica Kauffman, (1741-1807) was a child prodigy from Switzerland – already painting commissioned portraits by the age of 13 – she became one of Europe’s most successful women artists...
by Penny | 11 Sep, 2012 | Social History, theatre, UK Activity
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were once the best place in London for those who wanted to party – rich and poor – from 1661 to 1859 everyone, – from the Prince of Wales, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens down to the servants below stairs would go to...
by Penny | 10 Sep, 2012 | Cooking, News, UK Activity
First my thanks to Lisa Banchieri for coming over to London from Florence again and giving us such great cookery lessons – and whether she meant to or not – bringing with her such unbelievably good English Autumn weather!! As a Personal Chef Lisa has...
by Penny | 3 Sep, 2012 | Cooking, News, UK Activity, Wine tasting
By Popular demand Lisa Banchieri is joining me back in the UK again to do some Tuscan Cookery lessons for my friends here in South London – I hope they will be as successful and popular as last year’s were. As always we wil make fresh pasta and one of my...
by Penny | 13 Aug, 2012 | News, Social History, UK Activity
Observations on the London 2012 Olympics What a wonderful party we have enjoyed in London over the past 15 days!!! Continuous excitement and rejoicing over the fact that it was all going so well – and let’s face it we did have a few worries on the security...
by Penny | 20 Apr, 2012 | Exhibitions, News, Newsletter, Social History, Tuscan gardens, UK Activity
Our first UK garden tour certainly didn’t start too auspiciously when I woke to the sounds of a howling wind and torrential rain lashing our house in London! My first thought “Oh to be in Florence where spring has already sprung! Second thought ”...
