Unity Makes Strength Opposite Cleopatra’s Needle on the Victoria Embankment is the Anglo-Belgian Memorial.
The Empty Tomb Some monasteries were dissolved more thoroughly than others. As you can see Shaftesbury Abbey was dissolved as thoroughly as an Alka- Seltzer in a tooth mug.
A Hound of Extraordinary Sagacity The upper cascade, surmounted by Venus and flanked by swans, is barely visible from here.
Rousham Revisited Last night I didn’t dream I went to Rousham – I really went (again) a few days ago.
A King, a Field Marshal and a Prince. You may not be familiar with Carlo Marochetti, born in Turin in 1805, where his father was professor of eloquence at the university; nice.
Fizzy Pharma A good test of sobriety is to ask a pharmacist for a big box of soluble Solpadeine Plus.