Aquarium of Vulcan

Enjoying the late return of Summer for several cloudless days now, with the temperature touching 27 degrees Celsius, I spotted a R...

Today (September 24th) is the anniversary of the death of the English composer William Lawes (1602-43). William Lawes was composer in...

Today the sad news that Michael Jarvis, one of Newmarket's top race-horse trainers for 40 years has died aged 73 of cancer. The mast...

Recently, when speculating upon whether the German mystic Hildegard von Bingen's manuscript illustration of  Universal Man  is i...

Today (September 17th) is the feast day of the German Christian mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098 -1197 ) who not only wrote music but ...