John Jellicoe was born in December 1859. His father was a merchant sea captain and John entered the navy … More
Author: Pete
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
Morning Mist
Awoke this morning to a garden covered in very heavy mist. A harbinger of Spring?
Heroes of British Cycling
Some more photos from the weekend at the UCI World Cycling Championships in London Laura Trott – World Champion Women’s … More
UCI World Cycling Championships
At the weekend Sue and I went to the Cycling World Championships at the velodrome in the Olympic park, which … More
A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (7)
In 853 BCE Shalmaneser III was defeated by a Levantine Alliance, led by Aram and Israel. However, the campaigns of … More
Naturelog: 4th February
A bright sunny winters morning found Keith and I at the RSPB reserve at Cliffe in north Kent. As is … More
Tower of London (3): Entering the Tower
The combination of the Middle Tower and the Byward Tower linked by a causeway across the moat form the landward … More
London: Churches: St Nicholas Cole Abbey
The Church of St Nicholas Cole Abbey stands on the site of an original 12th centre church which was … More
Statues and Monuments: Newton
This Statue of Issac Newton is by Eduardo Paolozzi and was installed in 1995 outside the British Library. It is … More
A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (6)
Between 1206 and 1150 BC, the cultural collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia and northern … More
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