Roman Emporers: Severus Alexander

Born sometime around 207 AD, Severus succeeded his cousin Elagabalus, when the latter was assassinated. He was 15 years old … 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

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Last week I wrote on The Great Stink of 1868. By chance todays post is on…

John Franklin was born in Lincolnshire in 1786. He went to sea in a merchantman at the age of 12 … More

Gladstone was built at Brighton works in 1882 and saw service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway until … More

Frederick Winsor was born in 1763 in the German principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. In his 30s, he relocated to London to … More

In this case a nearly Emporer. Gaius was the Grandson of Augustus Caesar and the son of Marcus Agrippa and … More

Class 08 locomotives were a common sight on UK railways being the standard shunter engine of their time. They now … More

This statue of Robert Scott, the famous explorer, can be found in Waterloo Place in London. It was erected by … More

Last night Sue and I went to see Neil Oliver’s one-man show ‘A history of Britain in 100 places’. Neil, … More