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film pic from the queen of spades film

Three, seven, Ace!

June 20, 2022 11:09 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Queen Elizabeth II

Here’s to 70 years!

June 1, 2022 5:13 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Cycling with Playing Cards forbidden

January 12, 2022 11:40 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Turquoise sleeve box with blue & grey playing cards

Down the rabbit hole

November 1, 2021 1:11 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

work in progress, sustainability post about bamboo, picture shows a crop of tall bamboo plants

It’s a Work in Progress

September 10, 2021 2:31 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

photo of children down in the tube during the blitz

Knaves & Villains – A Short Story

August 11, 2021 4:52 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Four people playing cards at a table on board a ship

POSH

July 23, 2021 11:38 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Live a Full Life

July 22, 2021 2:58 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Purple and Green playing cards in a grey sleeve box (Wimbledon colours!)

Win with a Butter Knife!

July 10, 2021 12:50 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Navy and purple silver gilt playing cards with bone china mug filled with pencils for bridge scoring

Cadogan Square

January 29, 2021 3:49 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Bamboo lacquer box, containing two packs of playing cards in navy and purple

Provenance

January 22, 2021 12:55 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

A lacquer box and it’s provenance Firstly making a lacquer box made for playing cards, out of bamboo,... View Article

Spread of George III playing cards, showing tax paid of sixpence on the Ace of Spades.

Death by Hanging

January 15, 2021 4:55 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Ace of Spades Design & Duty You will all have probably noticed that, in a pack of playing cards, the... View Article

Victoria Coren Mitchell is a professional female poker player in the UK

Hoax!

January 13, 2021 6:24 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Poker Player Hoax Professional poker player In the world of poker, it is not often you find a professional female... View Article

Illustration of a sparrow holding a playing card in its beak.

Sold for a Farthing

January 12, 2021 11:06 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

The library of Queen Mary's dolls house

Beautiful, but in miniature

January 7, 2021 12:44 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Buy your own train!

September 14, 2020 4:01 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Two Earls

September 10, 2020 3:28 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Spread Betting

August 26, 2020 3:02 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Cottonseed to Georgia

August 13, 2020 11:25 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Don’t play cards, practise archery!

August 13, 2020 11:05 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

The French Revolution

August 13, 2020 10:58 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Lance Armstrong & the Bridge World Champion

August 13, 2020 10:36 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Cheating

August 6, 2020 1:50 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Remember the Journey

August 5, 2020 3:06 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Time to take my pills

August 5, 2020 2:56 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

A Wretched Game

August 5, 2020 2:53 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Tales of the Unexpected

August 5, 2020 2:45 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

From Nevile Shute in five clicks

August 5, 2020 2:35 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

I love this painting by Theodoor Ronbouts – Joueurs de Cartes. I came across it as I played the Wikipedia... View Article

Goulash!

October 23, 2019 10:35 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

How POWs got playing cards with secret escape maps.

April 17, 2019 4:28 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Woman of the Week – who knew!!

April 16, 2019 11:44 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Picture of a gift wrapped order

Gift Wrapping for customers

February 2, 2017 9:34 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Paris

January 30, 2017 1:11 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

It is always the same, trying to take a day off work, is never simple. There are always last minute... View Article

New year, new plans!

January 12, 2017 3:09 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Winter evenings in the company of good friends – hygge!

November 14, 2016 5:12 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Stay at home!

August 10, 2016 11:58 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Playing cards at home

July 26, 2016 9:12 am Published by amanda Leave your thoughts

Inspiration Through Travel – Copenhagen

June 16, 2016 12:06 pm Published by amanda Leave your thoughts