THE MAN WITH THE UMBRELLA
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Jonas Hanway was not a man who was easily embarrassed. He was born in Portsmouth in 1712, and in adult life became a merchant,... Read More
THE ELEVEN DAYS THAT DISAPPEARED
Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, was an ambassador, a Lord Lieutenant of... Read More
A PLACE OF HONOR
An anthropologist, an astronomer, an archaeologist, a linguist, a materials scientist, and a man... Read More
WRITTEN IN BLOOD
A DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND JOY
DON’T GO OVERBOARD