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Category: miscellaneous
Tall Ships
The five-day festival of the Tall Ships was announced by a volley of fireworks Continue reading “Tall Ships”
Palm Sunday
St. Paul’s Cathedral is in the dense heart of the City of London, but since 2000 there has been a bracingly open way to approach it: along the Thames in one of the river buses, then, from the Globe Theatre on the south bank, across the Millennium Footbridge.
How I spent spring-equinox day
There is a place called Cheam, Continue reading “How I spent spring-equinox day”
Boxing Day
Whenever I have to carry a cardboard box, Continue reading “Boxing Day”
Boxing Day
Whenever I have to carry a cardboard box, Continue reading “Boxing Day”
Ersari Rug
The Queen’s House set into Greenwich
The Queen’s House, which we visited and talked about yesterday, is the jewel in the crown of Greenwich, according to one of the posters advertizing that it is now open.
The Queen’s House
Today, because of having become members of what’s called Royal Museums Greenwich, we had a preview of this palace, about to be opened to the public after more than a year of restoration.
Scientists and Yellow Crazy Ants
Thank heaven for science. Or thank the enlightened government departments that support it.
Ants infesting a sooty tern chick. Continue reading “Scientists and Yellow Crazy Ants”