All at sea with Covid-19. The story of a hospital ship on the Thames.
O’ndina, The Spirit of the Italian Riviera
This gin was Mr Ginandginealogy’s choice. He picked it randomly for his lunchtime apertif at The Narrow, the riverside restaurant beside the…
THE VIRTUAL GENEALOGIST
Very slowly and with caution archive offices are opening up again to the public following the lockdown period. How this is…
EXPLORING AN EPIDEMIC THROUGH OLD NEWSPAPERS
These are strange and unprecedented times with the Covid 19 pandemic. There have been pandemics before but not quite like this…
DRY WITH A HINT OF DUNG
For almost a month I have been in South Africa and what a busy time it has been. Cricket to…
WALKING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS
I’ve spent the last couple of days at Rootstech 2019 at The Excel in East London. This is a large exhibition…
The Theatre of Cricket
The Ashes have begun, the pinnacle of English Test cricket and the excitement of watching play is almost as exciting…
THE DAWN OF AURORA
It’s midsummer. The festivals are underway, tennis is on the tv and poppies are sprinkled among the cornflowers in the hedgerows. …
WHY I AM REVOLTING
My great grandmother Sarah was an early suffragette. Meanwhile my working class, Primrose League Grandmother read the Daily Mirror, accepted transport…
Mitre be just the gin for January
Despite being very cold, it was a lovely bright day in Knaresborough on Sunday so we lingered just a little…
