Piece Hall in Halifax

April 2023

russia has decided to go full-ISIS and showed the beheading of an Ukrainian POW. At around the same time, Pernod Ricard said they are resuming exports to russia. If you are as shocked and angered about this as I am, read the b4ukraine statement and boycott Pernod Ricard brands (best known are): Malibu; Ballantine’s; Chivas; […]

Marton Church

Marton Church

Marton Church is only a few minutes drive away from Siddington Church, which I blogged about recently. It is St James’ and St Paul’s Parish Church in Marton, Cheshire. This is a 14th century church, dating back to 1343. There still are some of its original features. The founders of the church were Sir John […]

Siddington Church

Siddington Church

We drove by Siddington Church and stopped. It was not planned, but I’m so happy we stopped. There are records of churches being on the site, but this one is clearly from 1521 when records show it was consecrated for preaching at that point. It had a thatched roof, originally. It was also made in […]

Piece Hall in Halifax

Piece Hall in Halifax

Who would have imagined an Italian looking market, built in the 18th century, in Yorkshire? Well, this is exactly what Piece Hall in Halifax is. It is called ‘piece’ because cloth was sold there. Yorkshire was an important clothing making centre for hundreds of years, with cloth being exported all over Europe and beyond. See […]

Study room in the library

Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection is both a gallery and a library near Euston Station. It was a place I visited quite a few times this year because I joined their library at the suggestion of my teacher. It has a medical library, which is exactly what I needed for my dissertation. On top of that, Wellcome Collection […]

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Jousting 2023

Jousting becomes a tradition for us at Easter. We’ve been in 2019 and 2022, with the years in between being affected by covid restrictions. This year we’ve been on day 3 (out of 4), so we saw something different, including training which involves cutting a cabbage while riding the horse or getting some small hoops […]

Whitechapel Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery is an art gallery with both free and ticketed exhibitions. I’m not much into modern art, but it was nice seeing it. Here are a few highlights. Enjoy!