Statues and Monuments: Belgium’s Thanks

This large and imposing Portland stone monument can be found on the Embankment not far from Embankment underground Station. … More

Harry Hotspur

Henry Percy was born at Alnwick Castle in May 13 64, the eldest son of the Earl of Northumberland. He … More

Robert Raikes was born in Gloucester in the year 1736. His father owned a publishing business, which Robert inherited at … More

Over the weekend I made my first visit to the Olympic park in London since those heady days of 2012. … More

It was a pretty wet day in London yesterday but as Sue and I were coming home from the centre … More

One thing I have not seen before in other forts that I have visited is the strongroom which was built … More

These statues mark the main entrances to the city of London. The dragon supports the shield bearing the city’s … More

Two interesting tombstones have been found during the excavations at Arbeia which illustrate the flexibility of the Roman social system … More

There is also a reconstruction of a commanding officers house dating from the third century. It is built in the … More

The site of Arbeia is in modern South Shields on the southern shore of the estuary of the river … More