A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (8)

Sennacherib’s son, Esarhaddan , who reigned from 681 to 669 is noted for two events. In 680, he commenced the…

Statues and Monuments: Earl John Jellicoe

John Jellicoe was born in December 1859. His father was a merchant sea captain and John entered the navy…

Awoke this morning to a garden covered in very heavy mist. A harbinger of Spring?

Some more photos from the weekend at the UCI World Cycling Championships in London Laura Trott – World Champion Women’s…

At the weekend Sue and I went to the Cycling World Championships at the velodrome in the Olympic park, which…

In 853 BCE Shalmaneser III was defeated by a Levantine Alliance, led by Aram and Israel. However, the campaigns of…

A bright sunny winters morning found Keith and I at the RSPB reserve at Cliffe in north Kent. As is…

The combination of the Middle Tower and the Byward Tower linked by a causeway across the moat form the landward…

The Church of St Nicholas Cole Abbey stands on the site of an original 12th centre church which was…

This Statue of Issac Newton is by Eduardo Paolozzi and was installed in 1995 outside the British Library. It is…