Industrial Archaeology
I recently travelled back in time about 200 years – into the heart of the industrial revolution. I explored the coal pits and the iron
I recently travelled back in time about 200 years – into the heart of the industrial revolution. I explored the coal pits and the iron
Accolades are pouring in for the movie The Imitation Game – featuring an amazing performance by Benedict Cumberbatch as the Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing.
It’s not the most imaginative name really – Battle. The town built on the site of the Battle of Hastings – which of course didn’t
I love museums – they’re fascinating places full of really really old and interesting things. They house ancient statues and primitive tools – the
It’s really strange to suddenly find yourself in the midst of one of your old school text books. Even in Australia we were taught
I love a ghost story. And a legend. And music. So it was inevitable that while in the American south on holidays, I should
I can remember the day Elvis died. I was a teenager, the most junior reporter at a TV news station in Australia. When the
Like so many people, I’ve seen Gone With the Wind. My vision of the American deep south was very much formed by Clark Gable’s
Continuing my blogs about my US road trip – I thought I should talk about the cause of the whole venture – the Mississippi