#events

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Apr 2

London's Burning

The burning of Newgate Gaol in June 1780 epitomised the grave violence of the Gordon Riots that year. Erupting in London on 2 June, tens...

Mar 25

Irish Stew

Lord Fitzgerald b1763, swapped nobility for revolution. From England to France and eventually to Erin, the son of the Duke of Leinster...

Mar 25

An Unenviable Record

Britain’s only serving PM to be assassinated was Spencer Perceval, aged 49, shot though the chest on 11 May 1812. His killer, John...