Monthly Archives: August 2019

Yesterday, I tweeted a link to a report from Haaretz on the excavation of Napoleonic era graves on Nelson’s island in Aboukir bay off of Alexandria. It’s a good read, but there was one thing that struck me as slightly … Continue reading →

Sometime ago I wrote about the paucity of decorative ceramic medicine pots in Australia. These pots, usually with a nicely printed lid are quite common overseas, but seem to be less common in Australia, and at the time of my … Continue reading →