August 27, 2021
For someone who is used to working in 17th century materials it comes as a shock when you discover one of the problems regarding writings on […]
July 28, 2021
This summer everyday brings news of bad weather somewhere in the world. Record temperatures in Seattle and Scotland. Record rain falls in Germany and England. A […]
July 14, 2021
French aristocrats started going to the beach in the late 18th century. Most resorts were on the English Channel–Dieppe, Boulogne, Trouville and Deauville–were among the first. […]
June 21, 2021
My first trip to the beach was long ago and far away, indeed in an unlikely spot. I grew up in Scotland where the summers are […]
May 28, 2021
America likes to think of itself as a be-coastal country–at least the people on the coasts do. The implication is that the coasts are the same […]
May 19, 2021
I I often get asked how do you do research on Beaches? Well, this image provides one version. It is, of course, not really so. I […]
April 30, 2021
I know that a site with the title “Lureofthebeach” should only include trips to the beach but having been to Santa Monica a little while ago […]
April 12, 2021
It is a new experience for someone who has spent a career in the 17th Century to write about the future. In concluding the “Lure of […]
April 7, 2021
I often get asked how is it that someone who devoted their career to Early American History came to write a book about beaches from Rome […]