Horse whisperers
The lockdown weather has been so glorious (up until now), that I thought we should really get outside for a long, virtual hike, away from this madness. Somewhere rolling and…
Liberties with statues
So, have you ever heard of Harry Havelock and Charlie Napier? I thought not. Actually they, or rather their statues, occupy the south plinths in Trafalgar Square. Tourists and…
To the fallen
The evidence of absence Archaeologists and historians use a term which I like - “the evidence of absence”, as opposed to an absence of evidence. My posts are about the…
Swan songs
Here's a riddle - what connects Saint Bride's church in Fleet Street with a happy arrival some time after the wedding? The answer is perhaps not what you think. The…