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Welcome, thanks for discovering this blog and taking the time to find out more. It is a pretty random collection of posts of curiosities, museum […]
Welcome, thanks for discovering this blog and taking the time to find out more. It is a pretty random collection of posts of curiosities, museum […]
To the London Museum in Docklands for a bit of research on the history of the docks for my forthcoming online talk. The museum’s building […]
The 2014 sculptures commemorating WW1 by the artist Gerry Judah are powerful works that tell a story of continuing war and suffering.
All about James Horrobin’s sculptural ironwork that commemorates the 1965 funeral of Churchill in the cathedral.
Join me on November 4 for an online talk in aid of Prostate Cancer UK and Brain Tumour UK. This winter I will be doing […]
As the summer slowly decays and the autumn evenings start to settle in, it’s time to think of gathering round the glowing embers of your […]
Well, I’m pleased that I finally got around to visiting the 14th century Jewel Tower, one of the last remnants of the old Palace of […]
Walk across Horseguards Parade towards St James’s Park and directly in front of you is the Guards Memorial, a portland stone monument with five bronze […]
Earlier this year I revived the idea of the online talk that we all grew to love/hate during lockdown. Much to my surprise there still […]
In 1521, less than 30 years after Columbus first landed in the Americas a Spanish force of invaders/adventurers/colonists had sacked the Mexica (Aztec) capital of […]
Close to where The Anchor pub stands on Bankside there used to be a huge brewery (known as ‘The Anchor Brewery’) operated by the firm […]
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