Three Hares Dancing

Three Hares Dancing Tinners Rabbits

Three hares sharing three ears,Yet every one of them has two (Ancient German riddle) Before the three hares made their way onto my new T-Shirt,T-which I bought at the Hastings Jack in the Green Festival, May 2022, they had a very long and curious journey through history. The earliest motif of three hares sharing ears and […]

Creative force of the River Wandle

Creative force of the River Wandle

We wandered along the River Wandle in Merton and came across the site of the ancient Merton Priory, which is not a shopping centre. What remains of the priory is underground – the excavated remains of a great monastic establishment is now a little museum underground. Only a few original stories remain, but the displays […]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’ Lost World

Natural History Museum pterodactyls

Do you remember the famous Steven Spielberg’s thrillers of the 1990s – Jurassic Park and The Lost World? Do you know who was the first to think of dinosaurs being alive? This was over 100 years before Michael Crighton’s Jurassic book, which became the basis for the film. This idea first appeared in Jules Verne’s […]

The Beatles at the Empire Pool, Wembley

Empire Pool Wembley

“John stood astride in the familiar Lennon style, shoved on a pair of brown sunglasses with familiar Lennon panache, and belted straight into the vocal of ‘I Feel Fine’. The screaming seemed to reach the kind of level that only dogs and A&R men could hear.” – NME’s Alan Smith reporting on the Beatles performance […]

The River Lea

River Lea

The River Lee Country Park is a maze of lakes, water courses, streams, inlets and marshland, created by the River Lee as it approaches the north eastern edge of London. The name Lee – also known as Lea, both spellings are used interchangeably – comes from the old English word ‘lug’, meaning ‘bright or light’. […]

Morden Hall Park and Snuff Mills

Morden Hall Park

Извините, этот техт доступен только в “Американский Английский”. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Now a National Trust property, the Morden Hall Park occupies the land, which in the middle ages belonged to Westminster Abbey, and, […]

Epping Forest

Epping Forest pollard

Извините, этот техт доступен только в “Американский Английский”. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Epping Forest was a royal hunting forest since the times of Henry II in the 12th century. With the Norman conquest the […]

Coronation of Elizabeth II

Coronation of Elizabeth II

2 June 1953 was the coronation day of Elizabeth II. The 26 year old Elizabeth became Queen on the day her father, George VI died, on 6 February 1952, but it was required to have a period of mourning and also lengthy preparations were needed for the coronation ceremony. By then Elizabeth was married to […]

Frank Matcham and His Theatres — A Flair for Magic

Frank Matcham and His Theatres - A Flair for Magic

If you’ve ever been to the London’s Coliseum, the home of English National Opera, you will always remember the special feeling when you saw its interior for the first time – a kind of intimacy combined with baroque-like opulence, when the Victorian era met the Edwardian one. This was the creation of architect Frank Matcham, […]

The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp)

The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp)

What is the song about? The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp) is sung by a soldier going to war, who remembers the beautiful girl whom he left back home, hoping to return to her soon. Where did it start? As with many folk songs, no one knows for sure. Some date the song […]