Month: August 2025

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The Bomb-Scarred Guards Memorial

28/08/2025 donbrown 2

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 […]

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The Great Fire of London – Online Talk

27/08/2025 donbrown 0

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 […]

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The Mexica Double-Headed Serpent in the British Museum

27/08/2025 donbrown 0

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 […]

The Brewery Workers’ Attack on the ‘Hyena of Brescia’

01/08/2025 donbrown 0

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 […]

The Queen Empress with the Dodgy Nose

01/08/2025 donbrown 0

It’s another of those places that is packed with tourists (particularly when there is a Changing of the Guard), but which Londoners would avoid as […]