A meeting at the British Museum enabled me to finally visit the Viking exhibition in the new exhibition gallery a … 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.
London Buses (2): AEC Regent III
Continuing in my nostalgia vein at the London Transport Museum, lets turn to the first bus I remember from my … More
Black-headed Gull
They say that familiarity breeds contempt and that certainly might be true in the case of the Black-headed Gull. One … More
The Assyrians come to Lachish
The eighth century, marked the high point of the Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia. Having conquered and subdued the countries to … More
London Buses (1)
This is the first in a series of posts following a recent visit to the London Transport Museum. It may … More
John Sacker and the Lice Comb
I have been doing some work in recent months for the Bethlem Royal Hospital museum as part of a group … More
Lachish in the Early Iron Age
The Canaanite city of Lachish was destroyed in the 12th century BCE. It is unclear as to who was responsible … More
Triangulum galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy (AKA Messier 33 or NGC 598) is a spiral galaxy at a distance of 3,000,000 light years … More
Naturelog: Saturday 7th June (2)
Despite a brief shower when we got back from the Tarn the weather improved again and so I decided to … More
Naturelog: Saturday 7th June (1)
I had set today aside to do some Butterfly and Dragonfly recording in Surrey, but on waking up and finding … More
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