Monthly Archives: January 2016

When I first lived in York, I lived in Milner Street, in a brick terrace house built in the early 1860’s by the railway company to lease to its clerks. The name ‘ Milner’ always puzzled me – the adjoining … Continue reading →

Around a week ago, some people were getting quite excited about finds of high status Roman pottery from Carlisle, and how it suggested that it was more than a rude frontier settlement on the edge of empire – one commentator … Continue reading →

New Year’s Eve and what to do? We had our prawns, a bottle of champagne in the fridge, and our evening planned, but we had a dead space in the afternoon. So rather than mooch and read we went to … Continue reading →