I had my lunch in the park today and shared it with him because I was terrified not to

Prague Astronomical Clock, installed in 1410

How to Book a Return Flight Advertised as £26 1. Choose the flight (usually departing at 6 a.m., meaning in order to get to the airport you have to wake up 11 minutes after you go to bed). 2. Realise the £26 didn’t include the return flight or taxes, and also that the £26 was

Morning all. The youth of today will never understand the struggles we had to endure.

It's 359 years ago to the day that the Great Fire of London caused Samuel Pepys to bury his cheese: "... the fire coming on in that narrow streete, on both sides, with infinite fury. Sir W. Batten not knowing how to remove his wine, did dig a pit in the garden, and laid it in

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700 year tower of All Hallows Staining has been suspended 45 feet above ground as part of a major City of London building project, balanced on stilts above a 60,000 sq ft excavation site. I find my old night time picture more favourable. What are they doing?

Leaving the chapel ⁦Tyntesfield⁩ #adoorableThursdays

"Operator, connect me to Holborn 1696" An early phone number on the sign next to the (former) George Attenborough goldsmiths on the corner of Fleet St and Chancery Lane.

I've cleaned up this gorgeous Victorian photograph of Dickensian London, overshadowed by the sheer magnitude & dominance of St Paul's Cathedral. It was photographed by John Leighton 166 years ago, back in 1859. I think the mooring poles in the foreground almost lend a Venetian

This door at Eastwood church in Essex dates from about 1150, which is extremely rare. The hinge has an inscription which (more or less) says ‘blessings on those who come and go’.

Ta-da! Seventeenth century glass at Abbey Dore, Herefordshire

London in the Swinging Sixties - the whole place was vibrant, fab and groovy - and before this tweet gets ripped to shreds by the younger generation, remember - that could be your Nan or Grandad you’re ridiculing!… #eastend #London #history

After the Louvre heist, artworks decided to defend themselves.

Interesting to see this at London’s Tower Hill Tube . I’ve been working hard to make many more of these women known… but let’s remember them all!

Have just done my last walk for 2025 and I AM SOAKED