FREE VIRTUAL TOUR: London’s WW1 Memorials 05/04/2021 donbrown 0 A virtual tour from www.uktoursonline.com where I look at some of the capital’s most significant and most poignant war memorials from the First World War, […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The Monarch’s Champion 15/03/2021 donbrown 0 If you ever have a tour of the Houses of Parliament it is in Westminster Hall where you meet your guide. This is the oldest […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Chasing the Mallard 04/03/2021 donbrown 0 To get into All Souls College Oxford, one has to take what has been called ‘the hardest examination in the world’. The college has no […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Churchill in London 22/06/2020 donbrown 0 A project I’m working on to map locations in London associated with Winston Churchill – very much a work in progress! Please suggest others that […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Lindow Man – the body in the bog 25/04/2020 donbrown 0 In the British Museum is a remarkable Iron Age corpse, a wonderfully preserved ‘bog body’ from the 1st century CE discovered in a place called […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The Royal Gold Cup 18/04/2020 donbrown 0 Walk into Room 40 in the British Museum via the staircase in the entrance lobby and the first thing that hits you is this wonderful […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
A Medieval Citole in the British Museum 17/04/2020 donbrown 0 Up in Room 40 of the British Museum you will find one of the most stunning bits of medieval carving to survive – a citole […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The Cabinet Room at the Churchill War Rooms 08/04/2020 donbrown 0 My Instagram Live talk from today about the Cabinet Room in the Central War Rooms and how it was used in WW2. “This is the […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Churchill War Rooms 04/04/2020 donbrown 0 With us all locked down it’s impossible to do tours at present, so I’ll be experimenting with some online tours. This is the first effort (at […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
London’s newest castle: The US Embassy, Nine Elms 31/03/2020 donbrown 0 Don’t call it a moat. Let’s be clear about that from the start; it’s not a moat – it’s a lake. Well, that’s according to […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
