A bit like Marmite you either love them or hate them and some say the same goes for their boss, but Wetherspoons pubs certainly know how to make the best of buildings which would have otherwise fallen into disuse. Many of them also have interesting… Read More »Famous Thirsty Brummies
“The Embarkation of George the Fourth from Whitehall”, John Constable’s largest ever painting has recently been restored and is now available for public viewing at Anglesey Abbey. Those living in Great Britain can see a television documentary about this process on More 4. The painting… Read More »Hello Constable
If by any chance you happen to be visiting the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA then you will be able to view a restoration project which has been two years in the making. Joseph Lister had his own hospital train to transport… Read More »Joseph Lister by Train
Isambard Kingdom Brunel is in the news recently as a museum dedicated to his works in Rotherhithe has been granted planning permission to build an extension. A new pavilion will link the existing old Engine House and the Sinking Shaft and increase capacity. There will… Read More »Brunel Museum Extension
An historic eighteenth century fort, which was built in the grounds of Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire had fallen into a sad state of disrepair but thanks to money from Historic England the masonry can be repaired and the whole edifice brought up to the standard… Read More »Sad, Glad and Interesting to Know
On 21st October 2022 a statue to the Romantic poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge will be unveiled in Ottery St Mary, a town of around five thousand souls ten miles east of Exeter the county town. This is to mark the 250th anniversary of his… Read More »188 years after the event Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to get a statue in Ottery St Mary
Well not really, he has been dead for a while, but Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas in the United States are currently holding an exhibition about “Paradise Lost”. It is being shown at the Quayle Bible Library from September 11th 2021 until the 15th May 2022… Read More »John Milton Goes to Kansas
There’s an exhibition currently on at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum entitled “Alice, Curiouser and Curiouser” which is getting great reviews. It looks like a visual tour de force and will appeal to all ages. It is on until the 31st December 2021 if you… Read More »Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Exhibition
Well it is 21 years since I started Britain Unlimited so it has finally come of age. Yes I am old enough to know when 21 was still a thing. Anyway, I have decided after all this time to start a blog on themes to… Read More »1900th Anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall