Articles by donbrown

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Getting the Blue Badge

06/04/2016 donbrown 0

Well, I finally went and actually did it and passed the exams to be a fully-fledged London Blue Badge Guide.  That means I can now […]

Gebelein Man – a 5,500 year old murder mystery

18/03/2016 donbrown 0

One of the oldest pieces in the museum is not stone or porcelain or metal, but an actual human being – someone who walked around […]

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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty

08/03/2016 donbrown 0

Review of the production at Woking Theatre in February 2016. Published in Essential Surrey. Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is a breathtaking visual feast from start […]

London Postcodes – more exciting than you think

08/03/2016 donbrown 0

Postcodes! Now there’s a topic to get the blood racing. It was sparked by seeing the sign above, with “W14” tagged onto the original street sign. […]

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The Lewis Chess Pieces in the British Museum

07/03/2016 donbrown 0

One of the most famous of the early medieval exhibits from the museum is the Lewis chessmen. 93 separate pieces, in a variety of sizes, […]

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Tang Grave Figures

03/03/2016 donbrown 0

The Tang dynasty – 618AD to 907AD –  was one of the golden ages of China. We’re often a bit unspecific about the dates of […]

Bradley’s Spanish Bar

19/11/2015 donbrown 2

[Update: the good news, if you read the comments below, is that Bradley’s is safe until at least 2018. So even I might get around […]

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King Lear – Richmond Shakespeare Society

09/11/2015 donbrown 0

This review originally appeared on the Sheengate Publishing site. The production ran from 7-14 November 2015. King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedies. Old men […]