Articles concerning Windsor – England


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The Parakeets of Windsor

Ian Warner, Mon 16th Jun ’08

On a recent trip back to my old hometown of Windsor, I was stood in the garden of my parents when a flock of seven loudly squawking, bright green parakeets flew overhead. My mother insisted that this was perfectly normal, and that the parakeets had been around in Windsor since at least the early 1970s. [...]

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A Film Set for Food-Porn

Ian Warner, Sun 20th May ’07

Chatting to my sister on the phone this evening, we got on to the subject of retail interiors since she’s just landed a job as an interior designer for a leading British supermarket chain. I told her about the last day of my trip to England a month ago, were I paid homage to that [...]

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Wren’s Superfluous Columns

Ian Warner, Fri 9th Feb ’07

The Guildhall, Windsor
The story of the Guildhall in Windsor, England, is a nice one, regardless of how much of it is true, and how much of it is well-kept local legend.
Sir Christopher Wren took over the task of constructing the Guildhall from Sir Thomas Fitz who had started work on it in 1687 and died [...]

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