Success to Waterloo Bonfire Boys at Lewes…… Remember, remember the Fifth of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot, I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes ’twas his intent To blow up the King and the Parliament, Three […]
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Cloud’s Hill Dorset – TE Lawrence
The simple cottage near Bovington Camp where Lawrence of Arabia lived until his death at the age of 46. Inscription above the door chiselled by Lawrence in Greek translates as “Why worry?”. One of my favourite quotes from the Seven Pillars of Wisdom…… “I loved […]
Barbara Hepworth Winged Figure
In 1961 John Lewis Oxford Street commissioned the Yorkshire-born artist to create a work that evoked common interest and ownership. Placed 13 feet above the busy cross-section between Holles Street and Oxford Street, it is estimated that the sculpture is seen by 200 million people […]