The traditional October auction over at Charles Miller Ltd. is just around the corner. There’s always a wondrous plenthora of Maritime and Scientific objects and works of art on offer, but this year, one very special object caught my eye:

A PRIVATE AUTOGRAPH JOURNAL KEPT BY ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD (1750-1810) WHILST COMMANDING THE BRITISH FLEET IN ( Read more... )

There are good photographs and bad ones, some touch us and others leave us cold. But sometimes, a picture can be a tiny time-machine. I think the pictures in the gallery below have to be counted among those; they transported me back to a period in the USA I don't know much about. The faces of the people captured in these pictures tell me more than ( Read more... )

Good news of the day:

Gay refugees must get asylum, rule judges

Abbey Kiwanuka, 29, from Uganda, said: "This gives me hope for my appeal. I feared for my life in Uganda. Just two weeks ago a gay man was beheaded. I lost my appeal because the court said I should go back and live a discreet life. I can't do that. It's impossible to do."

( Of course, good news for one is the end of the world as we know it for others... )

A tribute to Admiral Lord Collingwood on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his death at sea. Don't expect scientific essays, though - it’s a "spin-off" of my Joyful Molly blog on Wordpress.

All through 2010, you’ll find updates on events, quotes, historical fact, trivia, book reviews and more.

I hope you’ll find the new blog interesting and ( Read more... )

And I already started my new job. More about this some other day, I have so much to catch up with! I took some pictures of my holidays by the Baltic Sea (Ostsee), and hope you'll like them. Colourful sunsets, murals, diving gondolas and the testing ramp of the V-1 - I think it's safe to say I had eventful holidays covering a wide field of interests ( Read more... )

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