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Windsor, where Lego meets Royal.

Windsor, home to royalty and Legoland UK; enough to demand a visit. On the day in question Legoland was fully booked, but the castle wasn’t. What should I take from that? Could it be that fun parks hold more interest than history and royalty? That we prefer bright colours to greys and golds? Or thatContinue reading “Windsor, where Lego meets Royal.”

Natural death?

What drives a person to form a collection of dead animal and insect specimens from all over the world? Walter Rothschild, son of a wealthy Jewish family, was expected to be a banker, but the natural world caught his attention with more passion than most of us can afford. By the time he went toContinue reading “Natural death?”