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0shares Punt-gunning was a business in the 19th century but there were also very fine vessels made for gentleman fowlers, says Diggory Hadoke For punt-gunning, you had to lie as flat as possible in the flat-bottomed punt Punt-gunning today is a curiosity. Once it was a business. To some Victorian sportsmen, it was an art to be learned and practised. The punt, the punt-gun and the punt-gunner are characters from a fading chapter in the history of old British shooting sports. Younger readers may have no idea what it was all about. Perhaps a brief retrospective is in order. Punt-gunning wild duck ....
Escape to this Jacobean Manor in Oxfordshire that once hosted King Charles I For £9 million this Norman home could be yours – and not only has it hosted a late King, but also the writers John Betjeman and Iris Murdoch By Annabel Sampson Over the next few centuries, the Spencers amassed an impressive collection of art for their home, including Van Dyck s War and Peace, a John de Critz portrait of King James I and works by Lely. The 2nd Earl Spencer, George John, was a keen bibliophile, and collected over 100,000 books for his library, which became one of the largest in Europe. It was sadly sold off in the 19th century by the 5th Earl Spencer (dubbed the Red Earl for his dramatic auburn beard) due to increasing debts. ....
YOU may pass them on a Covid walk without realising what they are. They look like perfectly normal houses – even fine ones – but they were built with unconventional materials. These are the numerous houses made of chalk. There are many examples in Hampshire, especially in and around the Test Valley and between Andover and the Salisbury Plain. They include Rookwood School in Andover, which was built as a fine gentleman’s residence and Thimble Hall, Quarley, originally a pair of cottages. A fine example once stood where the Royal Hampshire County Hospital was extended in the 1980s. Many existing houses in the Orams Arbour and St Cross areas of Winchester are also made of chalk, excavated from local railway cuttings. And yet from the outside you would never know it. ....
12 shares Maya was recently announced as the new host of BBC Three’s Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make Up Star. Glow Up returns for a third season later this year and the TV sensation will replace Stacey Dooley, who fronted the series for two previous runs. Capturing the moment: The TV presenter, 26, sipped on a glass of wine and got waved as she recorded herself, shaking her hips in her kitchen Having a whale of a time: Maya rocked a gold necklace and displayed her natural beauty with minimal make-up as she captured the sizzling video Maya said of the recent appointment: I absolutely LOVE Glow Up and can’t wait to join the family! I’m obsessed with makeup and creating different looks - it’s going to be so much fun and I can’t wait to see what the [Make Up Artists] get up to! ....