VENICE BEACH

No matter how many times I return to Los Angeles, I always make a point of visiting Venice Beach. The nearly two-mile beachfront walk is the quintessential L.A. experience, and it‘s usually the highlight of my trip. If you’ve never been there I will take you. Venice Beach is the biggest open-air freak-show on the […]

Sutton-Hoo

The Sutton Hoo ship burial provides a remarkable insight into early Anglo-Saxon society. It reveals exquisite craftsmanship and the existence of extensive trading networks, spanning to the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. It also proves that the world of formidable warriors, glittering treasures and great halls depicted in Beowulf and other Anglo-Saxon poetry was not a […]