HMS India – update
In November 2012, I posted an article about the sinking of the armed merchant cruiser HMS India in August 1915 and posted …
Category Archives: Past Times
Portsmouth
Had an absolutely brilliant day out in Portsmouth on Friday, courtesy of J. who proved to be both an excellent …
Open Doors – St Ebbe’s
Whilst searching for lunch (more difficult than it sounds), I popped in to the newly refurbished St Ebbe’s. Although there’s …
Open Doors- Blackfriars
Open Doors is an annual event in which historic Oxford buildings are open to the public. This means that places …
Vroom, vroom …
The British Motor Museum is not a natural stomping ground for your correspondent, but, like many good things, it’s just …
Lacock Abbey
Earlier this week, I visited Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire with A., a friend from way back when. Lacock’s main attraction …
Nuffield Place
Yesterday JFB and I visited Nuffield Place (NT) is the former home of Oxford car maker William Morris (later Lord …
Noble poverty
Last Sunday, it was a delight, albeit a rather cold and wet one, to be introduced to The Hospital of St Cross …
Civilizations – never mind the quality
I’ve only seen the first episode of the BBC’s much-heralded Civilizations and, whilst it was good visually, there was no depth …
The alternative tour
One of the most useful things I ever did at school was a 6th form “module”(or was it an “option”?) …
After Work 