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The Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret (1)

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

Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret, St Thomas Hospital

Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of Sydney

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

Admiral Arthur Phillip, statues and memorials in London, Sydney Australia

London Churches: St Martin-le-Grand

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

St Martin-le-grand

Fitzrovia Chapel (3)

Some more photographs of the magnificent Fitzrovia Chapel in central London.  

Fitzrovia Chapel

The London fences made from stretchers

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Famously many of the iron and steel railings in the U.K. were removed and melted down…

London Stretchers as fences

Fitzrovia Chapel (2)

I do love marble and here are some photographs of some of the great variety of types of marble found … More

Fitzrovia Chapel, Marble

Fitzrovia Chapel (1)

The Fitzrovia chapel, as it is known today, is from the outside an unassuming brick building in the middle of a … More

Fitzrovia Chapel

World Athletics Championships (2)

Sue and I were back at the IAAF World Athletics Championships over the weekend.

IAAF World Athletics Championships

Naturelog: 28th July

At present both the Big Butterfly count and the national Dragonfly survey are both running and so I decided to … More

Grey Heron, Jersey Tiger Moth, Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Return to the Para-Athletics World Championships

Here are some pictures from the second Visit Sue and I made to the World Para-Athletics Championships at the Olympic … More

World Para-athletics championship 2017

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