A few miles from Moreton-in-Marsh in the Cotswolds is a remarkable house built in 1805, known as Sezincote. With its Georgian adaptation of traditional Indian… Read More »Sezincote – a monument to the way the British Empire looted India – or an inspiration for the Brighton Pavilion?
Meandering through the Cotswolds is always fun – coming across somewhere new and interesting is always a pleasure. And so it was with the gardens… Read More »Painswick Rococo Gardens – an Interesting Diversion
It is a staple of many a quiz competition: who was the first person to carry out a vaccination? Answer, of… Read More »Just a small prick – the early days of vaccination.
Last month I did a trans-Atlantic crossing on the Splendor – see previous blog. This month I did another one, this time using the northern… Read More »Why spending four hours (tops) in New York seemed a good idea…