The Lichfield Rambler

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Adventures in writing historical non-fiction.
May 21, 2024 • Annette Rubery
A Journey to London
John Vanbrugh's last play
Jan 11 • Annette Rubery
Happy Christmas
And best wishes for 2026
Dec 24, 2025 • Annette Rubery
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A Tour of My Desk
Jan 5, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Jane Austen's House
Jul 7, 2024 • Annette Rubery
My Favourite Device for Distraction-free Writing
Sep 8, 2024 • Annette Rubery
The Bar Convent
Mar 30, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Politics in Titus Andronicus
May 11, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Punch Drunk in the 18th Century
Dec 29, 2024 • Annette Rubery

Classic literature

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Love's Labour's Lost
Shakespeare's anti-comedy
Sep 28, 2025 • Annette Rubery
All the Sonnets of Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Sonnets
Two editions review’d
Jun 15, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Politics in Titus Andronicus
With a nod to Machiavelli's The Prince
May 11, 2025 • Annette Rubery
As You Like It
A verdant tale for Spring
May 4, 2025 • Annette Rubery

Writing

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Addison's Walk
And the Pleasures of the Imagination
Nov 16, 2025 • Annette Rubery
John Milton's Cottage
A trip to Chalfont St Giles
Sep 21, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Kipling's Desk
And his writing routine
Apr 20, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Recommendations
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My Life in the Past
My Life in the Past
Lucy Worsley
How to Evolve
How to Evolve
Ros Barber
Art for the Liturgical Year
Art for the Liturgical Year
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A.N. Wilson
A.N. Wilson
A.N. Wilson
The Broken Compass
The Broken Compass
Mathew Lyons

John Vanbrugh

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A Journey to London
John Vanbrugh's last play
Jan 11 • Annette Rubery
Operatic Foundations
Researching a relic of the Haymarket theatre
Dec 7, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Sir John Vanbrugh, Laudatory Medal
By Benjamin Wyon
Oct 12, 2025 • Annette Rubery
35:37
Q&A with Charles Saumarez Smith (podcast version)
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture
Oct 5, 2025 • Annette Rubery

History

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Operatic Foundations
Researching a relic of the Haymarket theatre
Dec 7, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Addison's Walk
And the Pleasures of the Imagination
Nov 16, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Sir John Vanbrugh, Laudatory Medal
By Benjamin Wyon
Oct 12, 2025 • Annette Rubery
35:37
Q&A with Charles Saumarez Smith (podcast version)
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture
Oct 5, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Q&A with Charles Saumarez Smith
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture
Oct 4, 2025 • Annette Rubery
John Vanbrugh in Chester
On-the-ground research
Aug 24, 2025 • Annette Rubery
Blogroll
Annette Rubery
Author website
The Argumentative Old Git
Charles Saumarez Smith
The Little White Attic
Johnson Society of London
The Johnson Society (Lichfield)
Gallery of 18th-century Actress Portraits
The Garrick Club
Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare
The British Society for 18th-Century Studies (BSECS)
The Georgian Group
Society for Theatre Research
Women's Studies Group 1558 – 1837
The Biographers' Club
Royal Historical Society
Royal Shakespeare Company
Vanbrugh300
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