Month: May 2025

Brendan Bracken and the Churchill Clock

20/05/2025 donbrown 0

Above the Cannon Street doorway of the FT’s Bracken House is a remarkable astrological clock featuring the face of Winston Churchill.

A Journey to the Source of the Thames

18/05/2025 donbrown 0

Viewed purely on the facts and figures, the Thames is not one of the great rivers of the world. At around 215 miles (345km) long […]

a view from the lookout viewing gallery of tower bridge

Up On the Roof (one more time) from The Lookout

18/05/2025 donbrown 0

Back up into the sky, this time with a trip up the neighbour of ‘The Beast’, The Lookout on the 50th floor of number 8 […]

temple church london wikimedia image

A lot more than the Da Vinci Code: Temple Church

05/05/2025 donbrown 0

At the top end of Strand opposite the Royal Courts of Justice is Devereux Court. Step off the main road along there and you enter […]

cover of echolands by duncan mackay

Book Review: Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica

03/05/2025 donbrown 0

This is a wonderful, scholarly and fun read, an exploration of history and of landscape, as author and archeologist Duncan Mackay follows the Boudiccan uprising […]