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Living Inside Cirencester's Royal Agricultural University It is a university like no other, teaching its often privileged studen...
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THE NEW BOOK OF SNOBS A Definitive Guide to Modern Snobbery By D.J. Taylor Illustrated. 275 pages. Constable. The N... -
Should tattooed ladies be allowed into Ascot? Joanna Southgate's heavily tattooed arms caused a stir at Royal Ascot. Rachel ... -
The term Young Fogey was humorously applied, in British context, to some younger-generation, rather buttoned-down writers and journalists, ... -
The word ‘snob’ is said to have arisen from the custom of writing “s. nob.”, that is, ‘sine nobilitate,’ after the names of children of u... -
Born Violet Keppel, she was the daughter of Alice Keppel, later a mistress of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and her husband,... -
Edward W. Amies (1862-1941) Ryder & Amies, outfitter to the University of Cambridge for over 150 years, supporting the Ca...
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