London Lives 1690-1800
London Lives 1690-1800 is a new searchable directory of over 240,000 contemporary primary sources relating to the lives of 3 million 18th century Londoners at the lower end of the social…
The Lutenist
A reenactor plays the Lute in the Great Hall at Hampton Court.[Photo copyright the author] The Lute Society of America has a useful selection of clips on YouTube “illustrating the use of…
The Lutenist
A reenactor plays the Lute in the Great Hall at Hampton Court.[Photo copyright the author] The Lute Society of America has a useful selection of clips on YouTube “illustrating the use of…
Lost Rivers of London: What Lies Beneath
The prolific Diamond Geezer blog is running a series on The Lost Rivers of London.And I thought Stamford Brook was mainly a bus garage…. The Londonist has also run interesting posts on London’s lost…
West Wycombe Park
An autumn view of West Wycombe Park, an early 18th century English Palladian mansion in the Chiltern Hills, north-west of London. The house was built by Sir Francis Dashwood, sometime Chancellor…
Lost Rivers of London: What Lies Beneath
The prolific Diamond Geezer blog is running a series on The Lost Rivers of London.And I thought Stamford Brook was mainly a bus garage…. The Londonist has also run interesting posts on London’s lost…
West Wycombe Park
An autumn view of West Wycombe Park, an early 18th century English Palladian mansion in the Chiltern Hills, north-west of London. The house was built by Sir Francis Dashwood, sometime Chancellor…
How Greece lost her Marbles
photo: a decent view of the Parthenon without too much scaffolding (copyright the author) On a recent trip to Athens, the cultural hot potato that is the Elgin Marbles was very much…
How Greece lost her Marbles
photo: a decent view of the Parthenon without too much scaffolding (copyright the author) On a recent trip to Athens, the cultural hot potato that is the Elgin Marbles was very much…
The All Saints Flood of 1570
As we look at the images of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast USA his week, here’s a reminder of a devastating 16thC flood in Holland which took…