The Monarch of the Glen (novel)
Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972), portraying life in the fictional Scottish Highland estate of Glenbogle during the 1930s.
Scott Sociable
British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile produced from 1921 to 1925 by the Scott Autocar Company Company, unusual for its offset front wheel.
Keep the Home Guard Turning
Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972, portraying the exploits of the Home Guard on the fictional island of Todday during the Second World War.
How Do You View?
British television’s first comedy series, broadcast between 1949 and 1952.
Heber Hart
English judge and jurist (1865–1948) who specialised in commercial and banking law.
Housing Act 1930
Act of Parliament making it easier for local authorities to clear slums, and obliging them to rehome the tenants of such areas.
Hush-a-bye Baby
Perhaps the best-known English lullaby, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.
Jack and Jill
English nursery rhyme, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.
Barlow Hall
Ancient manor house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, birthplace of Ambrose Barlow, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
The Queen (magazine)
Weekly illustrated society magazine founded in 1861. Following a series of mergers over the years it survives in the form of the fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar.