Statues and Monuments: Cleopatra’s Needle

This ancient Egyptian obelisk which stands on the banks of the River Thames in Central London was a gift to…

Naturelog: 2nd April

We had debated whether to go Bough Beech Reservoir today as planned as the weather forecast wasn’t very hopeful. But by…

We sometimes look at species that are with us all year round and miss the fact that our populations are…

The Courtaulds moved into their new house in 1933 and stayed there until May 1944 when they finally decided…

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Often in the shadow of Christmas due to the rampant over-commercisation, it is often forgotten that Easter…

Peter Scott was born in September 1909. His father, the Antartic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, died when he was only…

Now it had already been a very good morning already at the Wetland Centre when the news broke of a…

A free day and a chance to get out and do some birdwatching. Keith had been to the wetland centre…

In the early 1930’s, Stephen and Virginia Courtauld were looking for land on the edge of London to build a…

The snows of the weekend have vanished and it is something like spring weather again! So week 3 of the…