History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » British Heritage Archives http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 British Heritage: February 2001/March 2001 Cover Letters http://www.historynet.com/britiseritage-february-2001march-2001-cover-letters.htm http://www.historynet.com/britiseritage-february-2001march-2001-cover-letters.htm#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2001 01:01:01 +0000 HistoryNet Staff THE EMERALD ISLE

For most of us travelling on the recent BRITISH HERITAGE/Lord Addison tour of Ireland, our visit began with our arrival in London the morning of 4th August, 2000, the Queen Mother's 100th birthday. As I waited for …

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On behalf of the Washington family I want to thank you for printing the article on Washington Old Hall (December/ January 1998/1999, page 26). It was interesting to read, but I had to write to …

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REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST MILLENNIUM

In 1758, Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Poor Richard's Almanac the now-familiar lines: "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe, the horse …

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INCENDIARY SAINT

In Managing Editor Bruce Heydt's book review of The Heritage Crusade (August/ September 1999, page 57), he says the "ancient racial memories" in celebrating heritage are "incendiary." Some are. But he says that …

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THE FUTURE OF FOX HUNTING

Riding to hounds started in England in about the mid 1700s and has developed into a sporting event practised nationally. It is not only very popular among the aristocracy but also has been …

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BRITAIN AT WAR

I am a Londoner born and bred now residing in Ohio and married to an Ohioan. I read with fascination the advertisement in your April/May 2000 edition for the "Britain at War: …

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This past September, 18 readers joined me in the West Country on the BRITISH HERITAGE 'In Quest of Camelot' tour of King Arthur's England. The lingering effects of Hurricane Danielle followed us across the Atlantic, blowing …

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A BLOTT ON OUR RECORD

Thank you for Jean Paschke's profile of David Sucher, a fine actor with almost cult status for PBS mystery audiences as Hercule Poirot.

I should like to point out, however, …

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ANOTHER CORNISH GEM

I enjoyed "Cornwall: Land of Literary Shrines" in the December 1999/January 2000 issue (page 47). However, I was surprised that no mention was made of Eleanor Hibbert. Ms. Hibbert is a world-famous …

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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" was Winston Churchill's tribute to the RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain. His words struck a resonant chord with …

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