Sentences with phrase «edwardian times»

Dinard, Breaks France Dinard was a renowned spot with the British in Edwardian times while parking itself atop a rock - strewn cliff above the Rance opposite St. Malo.

Dinard was a renowned spot with the British in Edwardian times while parking itself atop a rock - strewn cliff above the Rance opposite St. Malo.

Peartree Cottage is an atmospheric traditional Blue Mountains cottage dating back to Edwardian times.

As the West End morphed from a residential to commercial district in Edwardian times, its congregation died off.

I highly recommend this richly entertaining sophomore entry in the Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins Mystery series to fans of Wouldn't It Be Deadly, the Edwardian time period, and those looking for an intelligent yet lighthearted mystery.

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The show is hosted by Giles Coren and Sue Perkins, who spend a week reenacting interesting time periods, like the Edwardian or Regency Eras.

I had no idea what the inspiration was that defined Edwardian fashion, as well as how it reflected the shape of what was expected to be of all women at the time!

«My style is one part Edwardian androgyny and the other»80s sex appeal,» says Hanbury, who splits her time between homes in London (where her husband, Thomas, owns Dicksmith Gallery), New York (her sister is the artist Hope Atherton), and a Virginia family farm.

After creating a number of films in Edwardian dress, producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory knew how to be more than merely faithful to the look of those times — they knew how to make that world seem genuinely inhabited.

Craig Viveiros, the director of the adaptation, says: «H.G. Wells» seminal novel has been adapted for the screen many times but it's always had a contemporary (and American) setting, this is the first version to be set in London and the Home Counties during the Edwardian period.

Sizaire - Berwick part 2 — Richard Mawer concludes his article on F.W. Berwick and the Sizaire brothers covering the period from 1914 onwards / Museum at Geneva — This excellent collection of cars has been visited by Bryan Goodman / Postwar Tatraplan — Gavin Farmer describes the postwar Tatras — developed from the revolutionary pre-war design by Hans Ledwinka / 1914 Dixi — The sole - surviving example of the German - made Edwardian Dixi has been experienced by Gavin Farmer / 1936 Steyr — Tom Threlfall writes about this advanced - for - its - time Austrian - made small saloon / 1932 Lagonda 3 - litre — This month The Editor gives us his impressions of this salubrious motor car.

This time, the children of three neighboring families, who grew up in an Edwardian idyll, face love and loss as World War I rages.

It gradually becomes clear that this isn't the first time Grace's mettle has been tested: Perhaps the steely drive necessary to climb the ranks of Edwardian society is the ultimate survival skill.

What did Edwardian values like patriotism mean to people at different times (compared with our understanding of patriotism today)?