An Amazing Jouney

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

Eltham Palace (5):The post war years

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

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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…

In February 1810, the Peninsular war was not going well. France controlled most of Spain and the Spanish government had…

The snows have returned to London. So much for spring! I was surprised when I looked out of the window at the…