What Ho, Haggis

This is the first edition of the first book by Clarissa Dickson Wright, published in 1996 when she was thirty-nine.

Big Spender

  My grandfather, rather often, used to say philosophically: “The weather is improving – for the worse”.

Change of Address

Fasten your seat belts, we are going on a trip – to Portland, Oregon.

London’s Watergate

We are not done with the Dukes of Buckingham – see MoreFamily History. When you have read that you will know George Villiers is the 1st Duke of Buckingham of the second Creation.

More Family History

When an hereditary peerage dies out it can be re-created. There is no better example than the Dukes of Buckingham with four Creations.

A Wolf Azure, Ducally Gorged

A wolf azure, ducally gorged is how you may feel after Christmas dinner and too much plum pudding with brandy butter. It is also a supporter, sinister, on the Bellew arms.

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