Royal Britain

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt traces the long history of the Christmas Carol and Wassail; their near demise and reinvention in Victorian times by the headmaster of Wellington College who became the Bishop of Truro and then Archbishop of Canterbury.

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan Macwatt contemplates retirement on the Isle of Wight and looks forward to chronicling the rural pleasures and unhurried village life at his country cottage down Rosemary Lane; brewing country wines, tending his cottage garden and walking the turfy downs with his dog Achilles at his heel

Suite101.com’s Travelsleuth visits Brading’s Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight and enthuses over the remarkable mosaics of the goddess Medusa and other figures of classical myth laid down by a prosperous Romano-Briton as the floor of his sumptuous villa 16 centuries ago at the height of the Roman Empire.

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt visits London in August, enjoys a visit to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House to admire some fine paintings before buying tickets to the Theatre Royal, the Victoria Palace and the Albert Hall for a Henry Wood Promenade Concert

The Travelsleuth updates news on the London bombings of 7/7. Unscheduled speech by The Queen, as she and other Royals visits the maimed in London hospitals, mirrors the nation's defiance.

London terror bombings. the Travelsleuth offers advice to potential visitors.

In the first of two articles, The Travelsleuth picks out some of the many interesting festivals taking place in England this July.

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt puts away his travelling shoes to relax in his own backyard down Rosemary Lane on the Isle of Wight where he enjoys the song of the skylark and summer vegetables from his cottage garden

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt trips a light fantastic to London. He enjoys Maytime in Mayfair after Spring in Park Lane, visits the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in Chelsea, and looks at a Wren masterpiece.

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan Macwatt looks at the forthcoming Aintree Grand National at liverpool and suggests it is time to consider the horses in this cruelly gruelling race as well as the punters.