BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog

Images from the British Museum's exhibition LEGION: life in the Roman army (remaining on show until 23 June 2024), reminding us of two...

Inaugurated on this day 54 years ago, in 1970, Earth Day is a n annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection...

Sometimes this is just how you feel in the morning ––– even on a Friday!       [Illustration: Cover of vintage breakfast menu (c. 1940) fr...

  A splendid piece of cover-art featuring the work of the illustrator and distinguished fine artist Daniel Bennett Schwar...

Along with one of my Easter Eggs yesterday came this delightful little button badge featuring Moominpappa, ever-reliable paterfamilias of To...

 [Photo: Brian Sibley]

“He was the boy I had given birth to and he was more defenceless now than he had been then.”   ― Colm Tóibín, The Testament of Mary: A Novel...

    It's Eastertide and Radio Times magazine has just unveiled the cover-art for its Easter 2024 Issue. The work of Dawn Cooper, it com...

Everything MUST be CHANGED! And NOW ––– or SOONER ! Everyone knows: Dettol is yellowy-brown in colour and smells like a hospital.   FACT! ...

There are days when I totally despair of the rank bonkerness with which our media is now infested! A display currentl...