One of the most popular museums on London is Tate Modern. It is located at Bankside and was opened in 2000 and is visited by approximately 6 million visitors per year. What is most striking was that the building was originally built in 2 stages in 1947 and […]
The National Lottery was 25 years old in November 2019. Many institutions have received financial support from them over that time and in recognition free entry was allowed by them in November 2019. The Royal Academy was one of those places that we visited. They had an exhibition Confronting […]
In November 2019 the UK lottery celebrated 25 years of saying ” It could be you”. The draw used to be essential viewing on TV twice per week. To mark the anniversary of its launch many institutions which had benefited from lottery funding gave free admission to those […]
When you are retired there is more time to see and do things. This was a potentially dreary wet weekday. We have in the past been to see live presentations of theatre production. This time it was a newly released film. Just Mercy- Starring Michael Jordan, Jamie Fox. […]
For a website with the title of Inspire it seems paradoxical that I needed to be Inspired to write. There has been a gap whilst that Inspiration came. It was a walk in the outdoors- not always easy in Winter with the rain. Here are the photographs […]
There is a fashion these days to have a Dry January. To make up, so to speak for the jollies (excess of Christmas). This was also the day 100 years ago when the USA brought in National Prohibition on 16 January 1920. The policy was abandoned in December […]
It was the Sunday before Christmas and we went to out a Cathedral to listen to a traditional Christmas service. There was a good crowd in the cafe next door before the service, time to get that coffee and mince pie. Interestingly the attendance was distinctly skewed towards […]
Christmas day is now just 2 days away so I hope that your plans are either well advanced or complete by now. This is, depending on your views;-a 2020 year old tradition, or a song title and also the message of a well known film. It was emphasised […]
Whilst doing a little Christmas shopping I saw the following which I think speak for themselves However it doesn’t look like these phone boxes have been used by anyone to make or receive a call for quite a few Christmasses So you try and make a […]