Greek Doctor Frieze

This image of a doctor’s surgery is taken from a Greek vase made in Athens about 480 to 470 BCE.…

3650 GWR Shunter

3650 is a representative of the class 57 shunting engine, which operated on the Great Western Railway. It was built…

I was pleased to hear our first Blackcap of the year singing in my garden a few evenings ago. The…

Born in 1782, he was brought up by his Uncle, the Earl of Derby, after his father died the same…

The Kingston Down brooch dates from between 600 to 625 A.D. This is one of the finest Anglo-Saxon brooches ever…

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In late December 2018 I had the privilege of joining a friend of mine for an…

I was driving down the road in Catford where I used to live and noticed a brown plaque on the…

Today in 1902 Thomas Tally reportedly opened the first permanent movie theatre in the USA on S Main, Los Angeles.…

Colin Campbell was born, Colin MacIver, in Glasgow in October 1792. After school, his uncle Major John Campbell, arranged for…

4771 Green Arrow was built is in 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster. It is a…