The known and unknown dead

After breakfast in the coffee shop in the same building as the hotel we set out to see some of…

Sky Tree

I haven’t been travelling much myself, however my parents have been on a number of great trips since I told you…

On 2 September 1666 a fire broke out in a baker’s house on Pudding Lane, London. It spread across the…

One of the special exhibitions on at the V&A this year is about the influence Ove Arup had on design and…

The V&A has an extensive permanent collection on display throughout the building. I sometimes think the permanent exhibition gets a bit…

One of the most eminent museums of art and design hides its focus behind a name which doesn’t even mention…

The amazing artwork in the stained glass windows of Salisbury Cathedral is only properly visible from inside, when the light from…

People interested in the history of ‘the people’ running a state rather than despotic (or benevolent) dynasties, often point to…

Cities and cathedrals are closely related in England. Mainly because a conurbation can only call itself a city if it…

Wiltshire is full of history, not just ancient like Stonehenge, Woodhenge or Avebury circles, but more modern, William the Conqueror…