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My passion for history and heritage

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Admin under Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Uncategorized

TweetHistory and heritage as a child As a child I was fascinated by history and heritage. I loved old things, going to museums and learning about history. Going through some of my old primary school books I came across a fabulous painting. It was a painting of a Roman centurion. I had a book on […]

Jorvik Viking Centre – My Top Ten Heritage Sites – Number 2

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Admin under Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Museum, My Top Ten, Photography, Travel

TweetJorvik Viking Centre Unfortunately due to Covid 19 I’ve been unable to visit a lot of the sites in my Top Ten so have been unable to write any blog posts about them. However, I did visit the Jorvik Viking Centre and the Jorvik Viking festival last February, just before the first lockdown. I haven’t […]

HMS Belfast – a pre Covid 19 trip

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Admin under Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Museum, Photography, WW2

TweetHMS Belfast trip I’ve spent the last week struggling with IT issues which still aren’t sorted. I currently can’t access my photos from my Jorvik trip or the film rushes I recently did for a client, to create his video. So what can I do I ask myself? Why not a post about my last […]

Museum of London Docklands

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Admin under Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Museum, Review

TweetI’ve only recently learnt about the Museum of London Docklands, so decided I needed to investigate it. A short walk from West India Quay DLR station, the museum is easy to see from the train and easy to find. Based in an old warehouse, the museum is situated on the waterfront. Starting the Tour of […]

A trip to the Science Museum

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Admin under Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Museum, Review

TweetThe Science Museum What to do on a Sunday when you have nothing planned? This was the question I asked myself on Sunday. I decided a museum trip was in order, but which one? I’d left it a bit late so couldn’t go too far afield, but didn’t want to go to the V&A again […]

Museum of Richmond – Case study

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Admin under Case Study, Creativity, Design, Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Photography

TweetThe Museum of Richmond asked us to create maps and activity sheets to help their visitors find the Museum more easily. They also wanted photography of some of their workshops and of visitors interacting with the Museum and it’s exhibits for them to use in their social media and promotional material. The Museum of Richmond […]

Blists Hill – My Top 10 Heritage Sites – No 10

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Admin under Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, My Top Ten, personal, Photography, Travel

TweetBlists Hill Victorian Village – Iron Bridge I visited Blists Hill Victorian Village once as a child and have isolated memories of the chips in the Victorian ‘chippy’ and the fairground rides, but not much else. But I do remember being left with the feeling ‘I must go back some day’. Drawing up the 10 […]

Victoria and Albert Museum – My Top Ten Heritage Sites – No 9

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Admin under Creativity, Design, Heritage & History, History, History and Heritage, Museum, My Top Ten

TweetThe Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum The world famous and world renowned Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, is the leading art and design museum in the world. It’s home to work by the some of the greatest crafts people from around the world, all under one roof. My crafts […]

The joys of being a historical re-enactor

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Admin under History, History and Heritage, personal

TweetAs a child I saw a battle re-enactment in my local park, but had never heard of the phrase “re-enactor”. It was a civil war re-enactment, recreating the Battle of Brentford. There was a whole encampment with fires, tents, and cooking, as well as the canons, muskets and pikemen. I found it fascinating. I’d always […]

Katherine Buchan Meadow interpretative panel

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Admin under Case Study, Creativity, Design, exhibition panel design, History, History and Heritage

TweetCase Study The Katherine Buchan Meadow panel project Over the last couple of months I’ve been working with the Katherine Buchan Meadow Trust. They wanted to design an interpretative panel for a small community green space near where I live. Working with the head of the trust, we developed the idea and exactly what they […]

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