What is this thing lately where people refer to periods of history as "in the 1600s" ? Is this yet another example of dumbing d...

Whoosh!  Is it just me, or did 2014 fly by very quickly indeed? Happy New Year from some of my favourite ghostsigns Hovis, Haig, Dunp...

From the age of about ten I started to write a diary. It became an obsession; I thought missing a day would be terrible – what if something ...

Here's to a great 2010. And here's to a more prosperous year. And here are some lovely date stamps on buildings in London. I have li...