03 Dec 2018
Mudlarks: the murky world of London’s river scavengers
If we were able to return to Victorian London and head down to the banks of the Thames at low tide, we could observe silent human figures aged from childhood upwards, bent over, wading (sometimes waist-high) in the wet mud
28 Nov 2018
A Tudor Christmas
Discover the Tudor origins of some of today's well-known Christmas traditions including tales of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I at Greenwich.
27 Nov 2018
Polar Science: Parry’s Arctic Experiments
Researchers working under the explorer William Parry in the far North sought to uncover the mysteries of the Arctic, but extreme cold and bizarre magnetic effects interfered in their research more than they had anticipated.
27 Nov 2018
Polar Science: Surveying the Antarctic
In what is often considered one of the most extreme environments on Earth, harsh conditions made work difficult not only for the scientists, but also for their instruments.
27 Nov 2018
Commemorating Hercules Linton
Hercules Linton was the man who designed Cutty Sark.
22 Nov 2018
Records of East India Company ship expenses
One of my recent cataloguing projects has been a collection of business records relating to Sir William Fraser, principal managing owner of several vessels in the service of the East India Company at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The catalogued items all have the prefix FRS in the Archive Catalogue.
13 Nov 2018
Behind the Mask of Youth
Artist Mat Collishaw talks about his Mask of Youth and reflects on the masks Elizabeth I wore all her life.