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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Richmond’s Blue Plaques

22/03/2020 donbrown 2

After last month’s stroll past some of the more prominent plaques in Putney, another piece, this time on the residents of Richmond upon Thames. This […]

Scientists’ Corner, Westminster Abbey

08/03/2020 donbrown 0

You’ve almost certainly heard of Poets’ Corner, the spot within Westminster Abbey given over to the commemoration of the nation’s authors, poets and playwrights. Amongst […]

The Soho grave of Theodore I, King of Corsica

05/03/2020 donbrown 1

St Anne’s churchyard is a small patch of open ground at the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street, Soho. Once the hang out of druggies […]

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Churchill in London

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Lindow Man – the body in the bog

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