Statues and Monuments: Peter Pan

Peter Pan, the boy who would never grow up, comes from the story of the same name by the … More

Statues and Monuments: Sir Joshua Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds was born in July 1723 in Devon. He attended a local grammar school where he developed an … More

A few mornings ago a ‘squadron’ of Ring-necked Parakeets raided our garden feeders.

The history of All Hallows dates back to Saxon times when a small wooden church was built here by … More

I have got into a bad habit when major exhibitions occur. I don’t go initially because they will be too … More

Thomas Picton was born in Pembrokeshire in 1756. He joined the army in 1771 seeing service in West Indies, … More

Andrew Hay was born in 1762 and enlisted in the army as an ensign at the age of 17. … More

Popped into Greenwich Peninsular ecology park for an hour this morning. One of the volunteers diredted me to the Alder … More

Yesterday morning we woke up to the first snows of this winter (at least here in London). Snow here is … More

Thomas Dundas was born in Scotland in 1750 and was educated in Edinburgh. He joined the army in 1766 … More