London Calling

The Summer Proms at The Albert Hall are with us again. They are sponsored by the BBC and the BBC records the lot, for radio and much for T...

Born : 16th December 1775. Her father wrote at the time, " a present play thing for her sister Cassy and a future companion. She is to ...

My Uncle Howard  was nineteen and a member of the Home Guard in 1940. He was not called up to the regular forces because he had a reserved...

Why do people want to visit Chawton, the place where Jane Austen lived? Sunday 20th November 1808 Jane writes to Cassandra from Castle S...

Woodland on the common. The Windmill. it was in a house near here Baden Powel lived for a while. The Wombles Julie Andrew's o...

Farringdon Church, two miles from Chawton. Jane often walked here and knew the vicar well. She probably attended services here. Steventon Ch...

Walking in The Undercliff. A sheer cliff face in front of us. The wind nearly blew us off the Cobb. "Granny's Teeth,...