Charterhouse: Tour (2)

Returning to the main quadrangle we come to the Great Hall. The Great Hall dates from around 1540 and … More

Naturelog: 7th November

On a cold chilly and somewhat damp morning, Keith and I made our way to east London to investigate the … More

Charterhouse as it is today As you enter there is a gallery of memorials to former scholars of the school … More

Last Friday went to Greenwich with Steve Evans to see the Cutty Sark. … More

Sir Walter Ralegh, alongside Sir Francis Drake, are the two best-known explorers of the Elizabethan era. Sunday marks the 399th … More

A few months back I had the opportunity to visit the Charterhouse in London. The land on which it stands … More

Apart from the old operating theatre, the herb garret has been converted into a museum of medicine since the 17th … More

It is possible that the Herb Garret existed in the attic of St Thomas’s Church as early as 1703. It … More

Arthur Philip was born in London in 1738. He attended the Greenwich Hospital School and in 1753 joined a whaling boat. … More

All that remains of St Martins is the road that was named after it just north of St Paul’s Cathedral. … More