I forced my reluctant, bone-chilled body out into a frozen London night to head over to Woolwich. What induced me to leave my warm flat to head all the way over the river to zone 4? Fireworks. Pure and simple – I love fireworks. Maybe it is because I didn’t get to go to many bonfire nights as a kid or maybe I just love the […]
Diamond Jubilee
Assuming the Queen makes it to February, she will join Queen Victoria as the only British monarch to reach the landmark of a diamond jubilee. Elizabeth II then has another 3 years, 7 months and 3 days to become the longest serving British monarch of all time. Although no King has reached sixty years on the throne, George III, Henry III and Edward III prove that […]