Time slips by very quickly – not just since my last blog but also that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Friends. It is also notable too that The National Archives celebrates its 40th anniversary at Kew. A lot has happened in those intervening …
It has been quiet for a little while now and it has been a couple months or so since my last blog. That was partly due to the fact that when I left you last time I was bunkered down in a box with Archie, waiting …
It was absolutely terrifying – I peered over the edge of the shelf and pondered the sheer drop as the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. This was not a good place to be and not for the faint hearted. It was clearly …
As the smoke billowed across the room it was difficult to pick out my colleagues. There was a general haziness in the air throwing everything into soft relief. The opulent drapes and covers offered an air of sumptuousness whilst the sound of Bert Ambrose and his …
You can picture the scene – two men standing on a street corner discussing the affairs of the world. One says to the other ‘I was born under the monarchy, I spent my childhood in Czechoslovakia, I began my family in Hungary, and now I live …
