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By me, William Shakespeare

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2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, so, earlier this week, I hied me to Kings College, London to an exhibition by the College in collaboration with The National Archive. The exhibition displays a series of original documents, from … Continue reading

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Beyond Beauty

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…is the current exhibition at Two Temple Place ( turn right out of Temple tube station – District & Circle lines – the building is on your left about a hundred yards along, see Undiscovered…. ). Drawn from the antiquities … Continue reading

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Undiscovered….

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..and well worth a visit. A fine house and museum, open to the public, but way off the usual tourist radar, is Two Temple Place. A stone’s throw from Temple tube station ( District and Circle Lines ) the house … Continue reading

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The Land of the Two Rivers

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Visit Mesopotamia by way of Great Russell Street and the British Museum. I did exactly that a few weeks ago when I availed myself of one of the Museum’s Eye Opener Tours. These take place in a range of the … Continue reading

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‘X’ marks the spot

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From ‘Treasure Island‘ to ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, via ‘King Solomon’s Mines‘ and almost anything written by Dan Brown, the search for hidden treasure, of whatever kind, has been a fiction fundamental. So I couldn’t pass up a visit to … Continue reading