Going dark age on the Circle Line October 12, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Medieval
Beachcombing’s trawl around south-east England and London on behalf of Canadian History Student is now three-days old and continues here with another side of London’s Circle Line. The Circle Line for any London virgins among Beachcombing’s readership is the wonderful series of station represented by a yellow circle on the map of central London that goes [...]
Druidic Ravens at the Tower of London? October 10, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
Beachcombing got an email this week from a Canadian history student. ‘Seeing as you seem to have knowledge of historical things quite off the beaten track I thought I’d seek some historic tourism advice. I’m a Canadian history student and over Christmas I’ll be travelling to London. I plan on a doing a couple of [...]
The Battle of the Somme in London August 4, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary
Britain historically – before that dread day in 1973 when the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Rome – prided itself on its splendid isolation. But simple geography meant that Britain was far closer to Continental Europe than Japan, say, was to Asia. And no amount of well-intentioned pretending would make that fact go away. Matthew [...]
