Born sometime around 207 AD, Severus succeeded his cousin Elagabalus, when the latter was assassinated. He was 15 years old … 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.
Canada Goose
The Canada Goose is one of our common resident geese, Introduced from North America from the late 17th century it … More
Statues and Monuments: General Charles Gordon
This statue of General Gordon is located in the riverside park at Gravesend in Kent, close to Gordon Promenade and … More
Barbarians at Twickenham
On Saturday Keith and I went to see The Barbarians (an invitational international side) play Argentina at Twickenham. The Barbarians … More
A fistful of A4
Any regular reader will not be surprised that before very long in my look back to my early days on … More
Naturelog: 27th November
Keith and I were in Gravesend for an RSPB meeting and so we decided to make a day of it … More
The famous farting lamp of London
Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Last week I wrote on The Great Stink of 1868. By chance todays post is on…
Statues and Monuments: Sir John Franklin
John Franklin was born in Lincolnshire in 1786. He went to sea in a merchantman at the age of 12 … More
Gladstone
Gladstone was built at Brighton works in 1882 and saw service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway until … More
A mixed up goose family
I first came across this pair of geese back in the winter of 2013 and they have bred on the … More
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