Standing beneath Trajan's column following the frieze as it winds it way upwards, round and round, telling the story of the a eponymous emperor's bloody wars in Dacia, I marvel at how close up to it I can get. The column's too tall, though, so the top half is sitting quietly next to the bottom … Continue reading The Cast Court, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Wordless Wednesday #14: Second World War bomb damage, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Wordless Wednesday #13: insect houses, Hyde Park, London
Wordless Wednesday #10: Fishing time
Great Witcombe Roman villa, Gloucestershire
Nestled at the foot of the Cotswold hills in Gloucestershire, just as they begin to rise up and woods cover the landscape, lies the Roman villa at Great Witcombe, built in the second century AD with additions continuing on-and-off until the fourth. I'd walked up from the village, following the footpath along the field edges, … Continue reading Great Witcombe Roman villa, Gloucestershire
By the water: the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire
I live too far from the sea. I yearn for the beach, the salty air, the sound of the waves and the feeling of being by the water. I go when I can but it's not as often as I'd like. Thankfully, though, I'm not all that far from some big expanses of water. In … Continue reading By the water: the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire
Wordless Wednesday #7: Roman coin hoard, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon
Wordless Wednesday #6: paw prints and waves, St Ives, Cornwall
Wordless Wednesday #5: Bronze Age pots from the Palace of Knossos, Crete, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Ashurbanipal and the Assyrians at the British Museum, London
I'm lucky enough to be a regular visitor to the British Museum, and on a recent trip was excited to be able to see the latest exhibition, 'I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assryia', which explores the life and world of Assyria's last great king who reigned in the seventh century BC, … Continue reading Ashurbanipal and the Assyrians at the British Museum, London
