I've been tagged! Bebe over at Peaches and Dreams has asked me to reveal seven things about myself. 1. My favourite flowers are orchids...

In yesterday's post I mentioned the work of Gustavus Stickley, founder of Stickley furniture and the legendary Arts and Crafts periodica...

I was doing a bit of browsing this morning and ran aross the most amazing furniture company: Stickley . Stickley furniture has been in busin...

If some of you were wondering why I don't post pictures of my needlework, hopefully this answers your questions! The incredibly talented...

The Daily Telegraph printed an excellent essay a few years ago entitled "Tolkien Was not a Writer." As a huge fan of Tolkien's...

I finally received a copy of Bruce Edwards excellent essay "Toward a Rhetoric of Nineteenth-Century Fantasy Criticism" from the li...

I often write about William Morris' designs and prose works, but today I thought I'd include a small exctract from his most beloved ...