Catherine Curzon

Today I am wildly  excited  to welcome Sheena Vernon to the salon. Sheena is the author of the wonderful book,  Messiah. Love, music and mal...

As regular visitors will know, I am a keen enthusiast of paintings from the glorious Georgian era. I am far from an expert but can happily l...

We have previously met George Frideric Handel on more than one occasion and witnessed the premieres of both the Water Music and Coronation ...

Niccolò Porpora (Niccolò Antonio Porpora; Naples, Italy, 17th August 1686 – Naples, Italy, 3rd March 1768)  We Gilflurts all love a s...

It is an absolute delight to welcome Grace Elliot to the salon today as part of her blog tour for her new novel, The Ringmaster's Daught...

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (Hanover,  Germany,   2nd November 1709 – The Hague, The Netherlands, 12th January 1759)  A...

George Frideric Handel by Balthasar Denner, 1726-28  Not so long ago I told the tale of the premiere of the Water Music , which was wr...

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, PC DL FRS (Hereford, England, 6th January 1673 – England, 9th August 1744)  James Brydges, Duke of ...

There are no nice ways of saying this, but my great-grandmother Gilflurt was a bit of a one. There was nothing she liked more than a party a...