Following on from my previous post, one of the sites I was keen to see on my visit to Highgate Cemetery was the burial site of the Rossetti...

An oasis of tranquillity and a monument to Victorian architecture and eccentricity, Highgate Cemetery is definitely worth a visit. It i...

My sister came over last weekend and gave me my birthday pressie, which included The Yellow Birds , . To begin with I wasn't sure it w...

"When the mortars fell, the leaves and fruit and birds were frayed like ends of rope. They lay on the ground in scattered piles, torn ...

If you're looking for a good spot to read and enjoy the hot weather in London, a good option is Waterlow Park  .  It has plenty of...

A new library has opened up round the corner from where I live, so I went to check it out this morning. If you've read this post  you...

'I could have gone to Murph, but I did not. I didn't want to. I didn't want to be responsible for him. I had enough to worry ab...

Below is a poem, by G Nolst Trenite all about English pronunciation. I have complete sympathy with people who have English as a second langu...

"What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own tra...

Robert Galbraith author of The Cuckoo's Calling  has recently been unmasked as the pseudonym of legendary Harry Potter writer J.K Rowli...