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“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”. A little misleading perhaps, as lunches free or otherwise are not contained in this post,...

Usually a phrase you associate with the story of Dick Whittington, but in this case it has nothing to do with hearing the sound of bells...

I was reading an article recently about the Gran Telescopio Canarias, and it’s observatory based in the Canary Islands, which is...

A few weeks ago I posted about a piece of masonry that I’d found on the Thames foreshaw. Certainly it was from a high status medieval...

I look incredulously at people who have told me, “No I’ve never seen Star Wars” (substitute Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of...

I wouldn’t call myself an ardent fan of jazz music, but on the odd occasion I like to put on some John Coltrane or Thelonious Monk in the...

History will have many instances of people who possibly from birth have been groomed to hold a lofty position within society. They go to...

One Word Sunday There has been a pub at this location since 1538, which burnt down during the Great Fire in 1666. It was one of the first...

A phrase usually attributed the Queen Elizabeth I, but whether she actually said it is anyone’s guess. As far as public beheadings in the...

Any Ideas? Errr….No Last week I went for a wander along the Thames Path from Westferry DLR station to Tower Bridge. This took me through...

One Word Sunday Alfred Hitchcock Statue of the rather Buddha like Alfred Hitchcock in what was the Gainsborough film studios in...

Six Word Saturday #6WS #History #London #Walking

Pedant: (noun) A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules. I’m afraid I’m one of those people who shouts at the...

Dule: Collective noun for a group of Doves. It’s funny how things creep up on you. I’d finished writing my last post about the book...

And the word was “Doves“. I was skimming through a book that I was given for Christmas, the excellent A Field Guide to Larking by Lara...

This is the fifth post about the wards that make up the the City of London. These links will take you to the post about Aldersgate,...

Six Word Saturday On a recent wandering I was walking along a small street called Whetstone Park which runs parallel between Lincoln’s...

Samuel Pepys The Sam in question being Samuel Pepys, the answer is obviously a new diary. I decided that this year I’ll try and read each...

Graffiti is part of everyday life it seems. It annoys some and delights others. It can we witty and insightful or plainly banal and...

“Oh no he isn’t, oh yes he is”. Sorry but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to slip in a pantomime reference considering the time of...