I shouldn’t even have to explain why I borrowed this because I mean… the moment I saw this in Tampines Regional Library (cool library but on the other side of the world Singapore) I immediately picked it up and borrowed it. This isn’t a collection of ghost stories or a novel about ghosts – instead,… Read More The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens
I guess my UK-trip inspired interest in history is still continuing because I just finished She-Wolves by Helen Castor. After the death of Edward VI, England faced the prospect of female rule, something they considered unnatural. But as Castor shows, that wasn’t the first time England was in the hands of women. Before the Mary… Read More She-Wolves by Helen Castor
One thing about me is that if I decide to make something happen (e.g. study in Japan), I do my best to make things happen. This is probably a recurring theme if I continue talking about travels and other bits of my life (it’s not always a good thing) and this is one of the… Read More Are Private Tours Worth It? A Review of Mountain Goat’s Private Lake District Tour
It is perhaps a testament to how books can hype up a trip that when I saw the listing for 87 Micklegate, I knew that I had found our accommodations for our time in York. I had been reading The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb and was in a pretty medieval York state… Read More Staying in a Medieval House: My Review of 87 Micklegate, York
As a souvenir of my time in York, I bought this book, The Birth of the Chocolate City, from where else but York’s A Chocolate Story. I really enjoyed the exhibition and I love chocolate so I was eager to learn more about York’s chocolate history. The Birth of the Chocolate City traces the chocolate… Read More The Birth of the Chocolate City by Summer Strevens
It may sound a bit strange that someone in Singapore is writing this, but we always spend some time in London when we visit my sister in England and as a tea drinker, I try to plan a few tea-related things in. So far, these are the three things that I’ve enjoyed immensely and think… Read More Three Things Tea Lovers Should Do in London
I might have mentioned this before, but I’m harnessing my current momentum/desire to read books about or inspired by the history of the UK to make a dent in my TBR list and A History of English Food was one of these books. (I have this very bad habit where I’ll put a book on… Read More A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright
I had a moment of panic when I googled York and found out that despite my self-proclaimed sweet tooth, I didn’t even know that York had the title of “chocolate city”. I didn’t even know that there was an attraction named York’s Chocolate Story. But once I heard of this attraction, I knew that we… Read More My Visit to York’s Chocolate Story
I’ve had this on my TBR list for quite some time, and like so many books recently, borrowed it because of it’s a novel set in Medieval England and I’m trying to prolong the post-vacation high as long as I can. But to my surprise, I was hooked the minute I started reading Shadow on… Read More Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell
I totally missed this the first time I visited London, but when my dad told me that he wanted to visit the Greenwich Royal Observatory and see the prime meridian, I started to look at what else was in the area. That’s when I found out about the Cutty Sark. It’s the last surviving tea… Read More Visiting the Cutty Sark