
A little bit of Vaughan heritage
My great, great uncle, Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, achieved many things in his life, perhaps the pinnacle of which was his building of Westminster Cathedral which stands as a testimony to the flourishing of Roman Catholicism in Great Britain today. The first foundation stone for the Cathedral was laid in 1895. Cardinal Vaughan died in 1903 and the Cathedral was opened for the first time for public service for the funeral of its founder. As a tribute to Cardinal Vaughan many peo

My guide to New Hampshire
New Hampshire is the secret, hidden gem, of the three uppermost New England States. Everyone knows Vermont and Maine while few people seem to have discovered the State sandwiched between those two - the ‘forgotten’ State. Remembered only at Presidential election time when, briefly, New Hampshire comes to world attention as the first in the nation State to cast its vote. This starts with tiny, picturesque, Dixville Notch (population: 5) in the far north of the State, with thei