“Come into the garden and forget the war”
Did you know there’s a Garden Museum right in the middle of London? Neither did I.
How interesting, you might think. But this particular place has a few stories to tell. Continue reading
I spent yesterday’s Saturday morning wandering around St James’ Park. I may have been a bit confused in my search for the new Flanders Fields 1914-1918 memorial garden but it didn’t stop me admiring the autumnal changes the new season has brought to the park since my last visit. Continue reading
“When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
My short blogging experience has seen me traipsing all around London in an attempt to document the major commemorative events dedicated to the centenary of the First World War.
But on this Remembrance Sunday I decided to remember the losses of other families by spending the day with my own in Essex. Continue reading
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I took one dreary October afternoon off this week to pop around the corner from the office to the British Museum, which is taking a bold and unique stance in recognising the centenary of the First World War. Continue reading
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Being that this blog is a nod to the huge milestone that is the centenary of the First World War, this week it only seemed fitting that I raised a glass at the pub to my own (considerably smaller) milestone – my 10th post here. But this wasn’t just any pub…
This is the Dolphin Tavern in Holborn, central London – an ordinary pub with an extraordinary history. Continue reading
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This week I went back to a familiar place in London and saw something a bit new to me.
Familiar because I used to work in Westminster and would see this view every day. New because I went to St James’s Park for the first time. Continue reading
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