Tis a beautiful, sunny, late spring day in Wairarapa, New Zealand. After a turbulent spring of unpredictable weather, I suspect we are enter...

     Claudian Aureus in Great Condition As my regulars are well aware, I have an active interest in the history of ancient cultures, particu...

I need a break from writing these serious and long blog posts. I need something frivolous and simple to cool my seething brain..... Breaking...

I naively thought that this topic could be mastered in a single blog post. This is not to be. The more I researched, the more I realised tha...

First Photo: Eyes closed. Plumage At An Early Stage Several weeks ago, as I was undertaking the unwholesome task of clearing out the house g...

Don't Fuck With The Romans The enigma that is ancient Rome. How Rome became a vast empire, at its height, controlling 5,000,000 square k...

Party Never Stops Breaking news from the sleepy town of Tipton (including Smethwick North, Dudley South, and Merry Hill). Today, it can be r...