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Tag Archives: United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is a country consisting of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Once the world’s largest Empire, it needs little intro.

December 21, 2022
21
Dec 2022

Quince recipes from Mary Eales’s receipts

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Reprinting six (very) classic quince recipes from an 1733 cookbook…
October 2, 2021
2
Oct 2021

“Cooking for Invalids” – Recipes For the Bedridden From 1800s Britain

Nicholas A. Ferrell

An 1899 list of mostly accessable recipies for those bedridden with ilnessess.
August 10, 2021
10
Aug 2021

Tea, Bread, and The Spectator in England in 1710

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜English familiy tea time in 1710〜
June 5, 2021
5
Jun 2021

Reverend Warneford’s 1890s Miniature Model Railroad System in Windsor

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Looking at an impressive 19th century model train system in Windsor, England.
June 1, 2021
1
Jun 2021

“The Wave” – a Marine Painting by Norman Wilkinson

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Studying a marine painting by the great British marine painter, Norman Wilkinson.
December 16, 2020
16
Dec 2020

Mary Lennox and Winter Walks

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“[T]he big breaths of rough air blown over the heather filled her lungs with something which was good for her…”
October 24, 2020
24
Oct 2020

Whyever Do The Cicadas Cry – A Study of a Word

Nicholas A. Ferrell

The appearance of the unusual “whyever” (in American English, at least) in the Manga Gamer localization of the Higurashi series prompted me to examine the word in detail.
June 8, 2020
8
Jun 2020

Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) – BIA Hong Kong Precedent

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Studying a long-forgotten 1967 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision denying an application from withholding of deportation filed by an alien from Hong Kong.