This post is a bit different from the usual but don’t worry, we’ll be back to stories from London’s history before you know it. In addition to posts here on the blog, I have a few other ways to explore London, and I’d like to offer two of them to you (they’re free) in case Continue reading
Today a criminal murdered some people, eight, then four, then five, are the numbers I heard, in a terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and around the corner at the entrance to the Houses of Parliament. I am writing this down because it is important. Every time I look at my blog I am going to Continue reading
This evening I was doing real research, seriously. Well, not that seriously. I wanted to know about the staff accommodations they used to have at the British Museum. This led me back to 1835 when a committee examined in great detail, everything the Museum had done since 1821. Some of the staff had apartments, others Continue reading
The British Museum is so full of amazing things, how can anyone truly pick a favourite? And yet … we all do. Mine haven’t changed much; nothing’s been dropped since 1991, but I added the last favourite in 2012. Room 17, Temple of the Nereids, or the Nereid Monument. I don’t want to spoil the Continue reading
Writing anything about one of Britain’s greatest all-time heroes, Admiral Nelson, is more than a bit daunting. I’m not an expert about Admiral Nelson I will never be an expert on Admiral Nelson, not even close. In reading various things by and about him, I keep seeing opportunities for errors disagreements violent disagreements. The Battle of Continue reading
