Eltham Palace (5):The post war years

The Courtaulds moved into their new house in 1933 and stayed there until May 1944 when they finally decided … More

The Tradition of Maundy Money

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Often in the shadow of Christmas due to the rampant over-commercisation, it is often forgotten that Easter…

Peter Scott was born in September 1909. His father, the Antartic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, died when he was only … More

Now it had already been a very good morning already at the Wetland Centre when the news broke of a … More

A free day and a chance to get out and do some birdwatching. Keith had been to the wetland centre … More

In the early 1930’s, Stephen and Virginia Courtauld were looking for land on the edge of London to build a … More

The snows of the weekend have vanished and it is something like spring weather again! So week 3 of the … More

In February 1810, the Peninsular war was not going well. France controlled most of Spain and the Spanish government had … More

The snows have returned to London. So much for spring! I was surprised when I looked out of the window at the … More

4 weeks ago when I saw the Little Bunting at Walthamstow Wetlands, Keith was in South Africa and so our … More