"Red Riding Hood" 1899, by Thomas Bromley Blacklock (1863-1903). Oil on canvas, 66 x 91.5cm. London Art Market, Sotheby's...

Icicles on a thatched cottage nearby As most of England is covered in a hard frost and snow is foretold for this weekend it is not su...

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year. May your lives be full of blessings and may we all have the wisdom to know what matters.

  The poem which has come to epitomise Christmas Eve and which so many of us have dancing in our heads each year at this time was wri...

Some beautiful Christmas images from one of our favourite artists, George Hitchcock.  A Dream of Christmas Eve by George Hitchcock ...

Christmas has a complex spirit. It may seem simple. Put up some sparkly ornaments, light the fire, hang the wreath, and switch on the fa...

Jack Frost by Arthur Rackham from "Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures" published by Heinemann, London in 1913   Jack Fr...