KittyFeb 15, 20192 minI am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria, the British Museum exhibition that's lit. We've all seen the Assyrian wall panels on the lower floor of the British Museum, while bustling past on the way to something else. And i...
KittySep 27, 20182 minRoman London - real and imaginedRoman sites in the UK, not having benefitted from 2,000 years of lava preservation, do need a little help to bring them to life. The Lond...
KittyAug 31, 20181 minDoomed either way?A visiting friend wanted to see the famous local doom today, a piece I've always found intriguing but unsettling as I don't like to think...
KittyAug 2, 20181 minWorkhouse WoesI came across this fascinating piece of needlework today at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, part of the Norfolk Museums, while out resear...
KittyJul 11, 20181 minSubstance over StyleHere's a news story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44779492?SThisFB about a newly uncovered Homeric inscription that is going ex...
KittyJul 7, 20181 minNothing to see hereRadio broadcasts can have no place in a picture research blog but the last in this season's In Our Time was about William Morris. Worth a...
KittyJul 4, 20181 minLiving La Vida LentaI'm wondering whether it took the stonemasons of the 1st century BCE less time to carve the frieze on the Basilica Aemilia Massimo than i...