A Fossil Shell Trapped Within a Rock
A fossil shell trapped within a rock. It was formed maybe a 100 million years ago. So innocuous, but it will outlive me.
Read More A Fossil Shell Trapped Within a RockRivers, Bridges and Boundaries
Rivers are more than simple flow of water to the sea. They are means of travel and transport, ecology, religion and boundaries.
Read More Rivers, Bridges and BoundariesAncient Towns, Ancient Teeth
We are always surrounded by our past. we walk through it without even realising how connected with it we are.
Read More Ancient Towns, Ancient TeethWuffingas
Sutton Hoo is only the burial ground of King Raedwald. His Manor was a few miles north.
Read More WuffingasLondon is a Roman Creation
I don’t know exactly when the realisation dawned upon me, but for most of its history, London was really, just the “square mile”, the City of London. That City is a Roman creation, and still is very much Roman. The present boundary of it mirrors the Roman town, Londinium. But I am thinking of this […]
Read More London is a Roman CreationThe Silence and the Noise
The last thing I was expecting our lockdown to bring was a serene and eerie atmosphere. It is something I am not used to, and it leaves me unsettled. I could not put my finger on it, until I realised it was a lack of modern noise that was unnerving. It is the thing science […]
Read More The Silence and the NoiseThe Coffee House Ships List
A 1772 list of East India Company ships, from the Jerusalem Coffee House.
Read More The Coffee House Ships ListCesar Picton
Cesaer Picton. Slave, servant, gentleman.
Read More Cesar PictonMinerva and the Water God
Minerva and the Water God. I thought There was nothing between Minerva and the Water God. But I was wrong…
Read More Minerva and the Water GodWater God
My very first archaeological dig was on a massive Roman farm estate, located right in the centre of the wheat production area of Roman Britain. It was a huge excavation and I spent a wonderful summer living in a tent. The Roman owner of this estate would have been a business “magnate”, as opposed to […]
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