Originally published December 22, 2008 The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a conservation organisation dedicated to saving wetlands for wildlife and for people. It was founded in 1946 by Sir Peter Scott, a naturalist and an artist. He bought the first wetland site for the trust and for many years he hosted a TV … Read more
We are well into our time in Saint Petersburg and walk the streets like old hands. We want to see the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the General Staff Building, which is part of the Hermitage. But which part? We have to ask. We arrive at the huge open space in front of the Hermitage … Read more
This article is about the Stourbridge Fair at the Leper Chapel. It was held here on the outskirts of Cambridge, and was at one time the biggest in England and some say, in Europe. Here is the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor George Pippas, together with two proctors of the University of Cambridge. One of the … Read more