For whom the bell tolls
They’ve been having a bit of a ding-dong in Tower Hamlets where the Council has just approved a plan to …
Category Archives: Past Times
Down under
Thanks to friend’s generosity, I have a year’s pass to the Historic Naval Dockyards at Portsmouth – this gives unlimited …
Pitt-Rivers on steroids
Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire is a monument to wholesome English eccentricity – think Pitt-Rivers on steroids meets Harry Potter Originally …
Sail and steam
Earlier this month, I visited HMS Warrior – one of the fascinating exhibits in Portsmouth’s Historic Naval Dockyard, learnt a …
Ascott House
Ascott House is just outside Aylesbury on the road to Leyton Buzzard. I visited it with a friend last bank …
HMS Victory
The last time I visited Nelson’s flagship, we were shown round by a sailor who was a mine of information …
Queen of the sea
Yesterday was spent in Portsmouth looking at the Mary Rose – one of the earliest proper battleships and a founding …
Victory at Christmas
Doctor, doctor …
Have you been watching the new Dr Who? I have. And, on the whole, I like it. It seems to …
Fort Nelson
Not somewhere I would naturally chosen to spend a cold or indeed any other kind of day, but Fort Nelson, …
