A Friend of the Family

American students at Alnwick Castle: study abroad amidst ghosts and battlements.(Hands Across the Sea)
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 1240 words; ...it from him, and the Percy family, earls and later dukes of...apartment and employed a gardener. Family involvement with Alnwick declined...Northumberland. Elizabeth moved her family into the castle and gave it...journey of life, making lifelong friends (and more than a few marriages...

The next best thing to being there.(Beyond the Bookshelf)(Agatha Christie at Home)(Book review)
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 707 words; ...upon decades of life at Greenway for Christie, her family and many friends. The cheerful Georgian manor house tucked away on...to London. Finally, after being in Christie's family for seven decades, Greenway House was made over to...

Selfridges Christmas windows: where the wonder began.
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 2058 words; ...to that estimate at Christmas. "People still bring their families to see them," says Bruno Barba from the marketing team...store in 2006 (though sadly there was no sign of his cheery friend from the 1930s and 40s, the bewhiskered Uncle Holly). With...

WHAT WAS GREAT IN '08.(News)
The Boston Herald; 12/31/2009; 1036 words; ...son's graduation from Boston Latin School: When he brings friends to the house, I see kids who are Christian, Jewish and Muslim...Colombia, Ireland and Bangladesh, all sitting around our family room. Where do you find that in the suburbs? You can't...

Romagnoli set table for Italian fare.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald; 12/24/2009; 726 words; ...destinations. A natural raconteur who told great stories, Romagnoli was a gentle, genial man who was passionate about friends, family and food. And he wrote terrific, easy-to-follow, fail-proof recipes. When I told him that I'd made the...