About Me and this Blog

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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 […]

Days Out: Getting Anglo-Saxon at Sutton Hoo

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To Suffolk! the county about 80 miles NE of the metropolis, birthplace of John Constable, Benjamin Britten and George Orwell. Full of flat lands, fat […]

the outside walls of rochester castle with the stone keep visible

Days Out: Rochester – the Castle and Cathedral

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To Kent! on the coldest day of the year as an icy blast off the River Medway cuts through five layers of clothing and my […]

the guards chapel from birdcage walk

The Guards Chapel and its Post War Rebuilding

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Officially known as the Royal Military Chapel, but generally just as The Guards Chapel, this building stands within the Wellington Barracks at the top end […]

Thank you for your donations!

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Those of you who signed up for my recent online talk raised £462 to be split between Prostate Cancer UK and the Brain Tumour Charity.

black and white half timbered house in mayfair

22 Farm Street, Mayfair – a tudorbethan house of history

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The much-photographed Farm House in Mayfair – residents include Wallis Simpson, Gloria Swanson and JFK (possibly).

plaque to corporal arthur sullivan in birdcage walk

The Birdcage Walk Memorial to Australia’s ‘Shy VC’

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The easily-missed memorial to Corporal Arthur Sullivan, Australian war hero, who died in Birdcage Walk after being ‘besieged by autograph hunters’.

warehouse number one, the home of the london Museum Docklands

The missing statue of Robert Milligan

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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 […]

Gerry Judah’s Great War Sculptures in St Paul’s

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The 2014 sculptures commemorating WW1 by the artist Gerry Judah are powerful works that tell a story of continuing war and suffering.

the churchill memorial screen in st paul's cathedral

The Churchill Screen in St Paul’s Cathedral

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All about James Horrobin’s sculptural ironwork that commemorates the 1965 funeral of Churchill in the cathedral.