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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Four Rusty Tin Cans in Three Different Sizes

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  In January 2024 I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful and historic city of Bath to attend a fantastic presentation by Logan Zachary...
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Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Stephan Goldner and the Billion Dollar Corporation

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  I was amazed to discover recently that it is now ten years ago, in November 2012, that I had the privilege to travel to Nelson Mandela Rd,...
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Wednesday, 9 November 2022

May we be Spared: Four talks in eight days.

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The last week of October was, for me, a mad week of travelling, book launching , talking, and meeting old and new friends. It started with a...
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Wednesday, 7 September 2022

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth - The voyage begins!

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  At last! Our book,  May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition , has now been released! The title ...
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Sunday, 6 December 2020

Three visits to 137 Houndsditch

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In January ‎2019 Gina Koellner and I made a pilgrimage to the site of Goldner's preserved provisions manufactory. The site is now partly...
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Tuesday, 24 November 2020

The other "137 Houndsditch" - Stephan Goldner's Factory revealed.

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  My previous post concerning the Nag's Head pub was something of a tinned herring - an appetiser intended to gently tease the readershi...
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Monday, 23 November 2020

The Secret of 137 Houndsditch

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  The painting above, dated 1889, shows the ancient Nag's Head pub shortly after some of the adjacent buildings to the South had been de...
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