Archaeology in the City of London walk - western half
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Yesterday I gave a guided walk for London Walks looking at the archaeology of the City of London - the western half. I did this because my archaeology walks starting at tower hill never get far enough. So I started the walk at St Paul's - very excellent walk it was too - I learnt a lot from the res.. .. read more..

Death of MLA, London 2
Thursday, June 18, 2009

This is my report to LMHM email list and the press release from MLa, London Those of you were were at the LMHM meeting yesterday will probably have been confused by my report on the MLA, London situation. I enclose the MLA press release to clarify the situation. The point I was trying to make was th.. .. read more..

Death of MLA London
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

MLA London is to be merged into the greater beast the MLA. This is the end of years of interference with local area museum councils. These were bottom up membership driven organisations which provided much needed support for Museums. Over the last 10 years these have been attacked, transformed, shac.. .. read more..

Another Tall building for St Thomas' Street southwark
Monday, June 15, 2009

A plan for another big building near to the Shard of Glass in St Thomas Street. 28-storey ‘Quill’ student tower planned for St Thomas' Street [4 June 2009] .. read more..

Film day at the Old Operating Theatre Museum
Saturday, June 13, 2009

We showed old film of the Old Operating Theatre Museum today. Alison, a volunteer transferred all our old VHS tapes to DVD and my daughter and I edited them into a couple of DVD's worth. They were projected using a new Optoma projecter which has a built in DVD player and speaker. We set up a small c.. .. read more..

Peasants Revolt Walk
Saturday, June 13, 2009

The Peasants Revolt Walk for London Walks went very well - not a huge turn out but enough to make it enjoyable. We managed to get all the way from Aldgate East to Smithfield - quite an exhausting route but it had to be done! I love doing John Ball's speech! .. read more..

Elephant & Castle and Southwark Bridge to be linked by Cycle Superhighway
Monday, June 8, 2009

SE1 reports a superhighway for cycles from Elephant and Castle to Southwark Bridge. It is certainly about time that a safe route over the Thames was created and the Elephant is very scary for the bike. But they need to do much more much quicker if they are serious about it. Elephant & Castle and Sou.. .. read more..

Dal Riata - excellent bbc web site
Thursday, June 4, 2009

This is a really excellent summary of the history of Dal Riata - compare it to Wikipedia page which is,in comparison, a mess. BBC - History - Scottish History .. read more..

Archaeology in the City of London walk
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Yesterday I did a walk for London Walk on the archaeology of the City - the Easter Half. Not a good title but a good walk. The route was: Tower of London, Cooper's Row Wall Crutched Friars Rangoon Street Fenchurch St Lime St Lime St Passage Whittington Avenue Leadenhall Street Gracechurch Street St .. .. read more..

Copyright of images of works of art out of copyright
Saturday, May 23, 2009

The copyright situation on wikipedia is quite interesting. They use images from artists represented in National Museums and Galleries and they claim them as public domain on the basis that the artist has been dead for over 70 years. I'm guessing the Galleries would probably counter claim they are co.. .. read more..

Sarah Brown at Florence Nightingale Museum as �1.3 million revamp plans revealed..
Monday, May 18, 2009

Sarah Brown attended the Florence Nightingale Museum to launch their £1,3 redevelopment programme. Sarah Brown at Florence Nightingale Museum as �1.3 million revamp plans revealed [13 May 2009] .. read more..

Great Success of Surgery by gaslight at the Old Operating Theatre
Sunday, May 17, 2009

We had an amazing night on the Museum at night evening. Here is a review on Culture24 Surgery by gaslight at the Old Operating Theatre: Culture24 on the road for Museums at Night | Culture24 .. read more..

Rawiri Paratene - the Friar and the Herb Garret
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

We got a nice mention in the Globe by an actor who is performing as the Friar in Romeo and Juliet: 'I was also able to follow up an appointment with a herb-expert too. I went to the operating museum in London where they have herb gardens that would have been used in medicine, which was a huge help! .. .. read more..

Rare Roman glass bowl found in London
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A very beautiful and very rare millefiori dish has been excavated in a East London cemetary site in Prescot Street. Rare Roman glass bowl found 1,700 years after it's buried next to merchant in East London | Mail Online .. read more..

Museums - fact,, fakes and fiction
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Museums - facts, fakes and fiction Julian Spalding has a few interesting things to say along the lines that museums pedal authenticity but looking into the history of many museum objects shows that they are on a continuum from - fact to fake Julian Spalding 'The Poetic Museum: Reviving Historic Coll.. .. read more..

Radical London Walk
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Radical London walk - the route was St Pauls, Cheapside, Guildhall, Smithfield, St Johns, Clerkenwell I managed to get the group round right to the end - quite an achievement and did a fair look at the London people, riot and government - not so sure gave a good introduction to the development of ra.. .. read more..

Myths and Legends Walk
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Myths and Legends walk from Tower Hill (for London Walks) went very well - about 20 turned up and I got a bit further - to Walbrook, but still finding it very difficult to get as far as I want to - ideally, Guildhall or St Pauls Also, I think I am making the walk far too complicated by trying to mak.. .. read more..

Shunt Vaults and British Commonwealth Museum in running for Potters Field
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Southwark Council say that Shunt Vaults and British Commonwealth Museum in running for the new cultural venue in Potters Field http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3836 .. read more..

Guys Tower reclad and the Shard
Saturday, April 25, 2009

SE1 Magazine has a image showing what the Pool of London will look like when the Shard is built and the Guys Tower is reclad. Meanwhile we are inundated by lorries working on the shard New look Southwark with Shard and Guys Tower ttp://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3841 .. read more..

Demonstrations in London and Transport for London
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Four horses G20 demonstration tomorrow and absolutely nothing about it on tfl web site! Planned engineering works for specific date | Transport for London Its quite astonishing - imagine a tourist planning a trip to Bank for tomorrow. Is there noone with brains at TFL? .. read more..