London Churches: All Hallows by the Tower

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

The Celts at the British Museum

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

Some more photos from the trip Keith and I made to the London Wetland Centre last Friday … More

After a week taken up primarily with the marking of students assignments (a task which I find far harder and … More

Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield in 1709. He attended Oxford Univ but was unable to complete his education … More