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Thomas Coram in Boston

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Last week I took time out from touring to visit two temporary exhibitions at institutions that have very worthy reasons for visiting and yet understandably might not feature high on the list for foreign visitors.  Namely the Kristallnacht exhibition at … Continue reading →

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There but not there

Posted on October 3, 2018 by

Last week whilst in the Sussex town of Arundel, I unexpectedly came across a very moving art installation.  It is something I had heard about a few years ago and fleetingly throughout 2018 but for some reason had not expected … Continue reading →

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The day we rioted as the government stole 11 days of our lives!

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

If you think moving the clock an hour in October is a tedious, weird thing to do that only cheats you of an hour of precious useful daylight in the evening then do spare a thought for our forebears who … Continue reading →

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ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

Recently when I was in the area for my Hadrians Wall walk, I took a detour to a place I had long wanted to visited.  Not too many miles from the ancestral home of George Washington which I visited on … Continue reading →

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London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.

Posted on December 24, 2017 by

I wasn’t going to blog again, especially so as I have been out on a tour this morning.  It was my inaugrial Sacred, Secret Gardens of London tour today and I was showing round a lovely PhD student studying medicine. … Continue reading →

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An Easter Walk

Posted on April 19, 2017 by

On Easter Sunday, I went to Church and I took my iPad so thought you might like to see some of the photos which I took.  

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The Bacton Altar Cloth Revealed To Be The Only Surviving Gown of Queen Elizabeth I

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

One of the things I like to do both when I am giving tours or merely pottering around the countryside in my own time is to stop off an explore village churches.  Each one is a veritable box of delights … Continue reading →

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