The Bank of England Museum (3): The early history of banknotes

The first notes were receipts for deposits made in the bank and were made out to the amount deposited. In … More

Naturelog: 15th May

Off to Minsmere in Suffolk with the local RSPB group. Minsmere is a wonderful collection of different habitats collected … More

Storage of Weapons and armour has always been part of the function of the Tower. Originally located in the White … More

The modern town of Weymouth was once actually two competing ports, Weymouth on the south side and Melcombe Regis on … More

Keith and I spotted this on the back of a beach hut on Portland during our recent trip to Dorset.

Sir John Soane was appointed in 1828 to undertake an expansion of facilities on the site at Threadneedle St to … More

Our final day in Dorset and the heavy rain forecast has not materialised and so we set off for the … More

Having visited the southern end of Portland on Tuesday, we decided to explore the northern end of the isthmus for … More

Day 2 of our trip to Dorset and we set off for a visit to Portland, famed for its building … More

A few days birdwatching with Keith in Dorset. On our arrival in Weymouth we dropped our luggage off at the … More