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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 […]

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, […]

Victorian London on Film

02/05/2015 donbrown 0

The very first moving pictures of London were taken by the cinematographic pioneer William Friese-Green in January 1889. He filmed Apsley Gate near Hyde Park […]

Wood Street Police Station

20/02/2015 donbrown 0

So I’m researching a short blog post on the architecture of Wood Street in the City of London, and Mr Google presents me with an […]

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The Royal Gold Cup

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