The First Pineapple and a Lusty Monarch
Dorney Court (Bucks) near Eton (Berks) is seen here in this 19th century capture and is the unlikely source of the exotic pineapple here...
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May 1
Exeter 'Change - bizarre retail therapy in 18th century London
From an age when retail therapy demanded money and ahem manners. the new Exeter ‘Change (Exchange) on the Strand in London boasted the...
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Apr 30
Old Blue Boar Inn: A Glimpse of London's Lost Past
Here at scanning HQ we love an old inn! And this one, the Old Blue Boar at High Holborn, London brings that passion to provocative life....
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Apr 29
How Sadler's Wells Became the Home of Dance
For #InternationalDanceDay2024, here’s the home of English ballet...when a board was first trod, a Plié Plié first made. Old Sadler’s...
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Apr 11
Land of Conflict..and Beauty
The Land of Edom is shared today between Israel & South Jordan & has a written heritage going back to Bronze Age references. I don’t...
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Apr 11
Revealing Dacre Bridge: A Timeless Cumbrian Landmark
Dacre Bridge, named after the delightful Dacre Beck and meaning 'trickling stream', has stood for nearly 300 years. Constructed in the...
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Apr 6
Star Chamber
The medieval Star Chamber in the old Palace of Westminster heard cases of national import and personal gain, often with the monarch...
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Apr 5
Exploring the Inspiration: Uncovering the Site of a Famous Poem
Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ (1751) contemplates life & death, worldly status and natural order, & envisages the...
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Apr 5
A Once Rustic Retreat
The Cowper & Newton Museum in Olney, Bucks celebrates all things William Cowper (d1800), poet, translator of Homer & literatus, and his...
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Apr 5
The Strawberry Hill (House) Hidden Gem
Strawberry Hill House, described as ‘Horace Walpole’s little Gothic castle’, harbours triumph upon triumph. The mid to late C18...
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Apr 3
The Birthplace of Plays
Love these before and after images of Shakespeare’s home, Stratford upon Avon. Born 1564, he lived here with his parents, John & Mary,...
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Mar 26
No Odious Castle, This
The favourite of many, Odiham Castle is every inch the medieval ruin, and is one of the oldest. Known also as King John’s Castle, being...
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Mar 25
Hampshire Delight
Evocatively named Holy Ghost Chapel in Basingstoke, Hampshire, captured here in 1772, harbours many a secret. The cemetery it served was...
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Mar 25
Drake's Cottage?
Ashe House in Musbury Devon was once a majestic Tudor pile built in the mid-1580s but badly burned by Royalists in 1644. It was rebuilt...
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Mar 25
Elgin Marvels
The romantic ruins of Elgin Cathedral in Moray Inverness never fail to rouse up the past. Founded 1224 & suffering repeated destructive...
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Mar 25
Sadness
Sadly never far from grave news, the ‘Holy City’ of Jerusalem (Yerushaláyim/Al-Quds) perpetuates its chequered, fought-over existence....
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