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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 […]
Three brand new online talks for early 2026. Book before the new year and get an earlybird discount.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The much-photographed Farm House in Mayfair – residents include Wallis Simpson, Gloria Swanson and JFK (possibly).
The easily-missed memorial to Corporal Arthur Sullivan, Australian war hero, who died in Birdcage Walk after being ‘besieged by autograph hunters’.
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.
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