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A year or so ago  we moored  by Enfield lock on the River Lea, in London and explored the The Royal_Small_Arms_Factory in Enfield.   Much of the factory and the workers cottages are still there, and, although slightly compromised by modern development still has a lot of interesting red brick buildings, So I was quite interested when Michael Portillo  started his exploration of the 'Great Railway Journeys' in Enfield.  This, ofcourse, was his old constituency before that famous defeat by Stephen Twigg in the 1997 election. This is quite an ideal TV format because essentially, Portillo simply uses the Bradshaw Guide to create a narrative, hops on a train and interviews a few historians and the like in places along the Railway line. I don't normal watch these programmes but I had the TV on while  rearranging my front room to make way for a French 19th Century 'Boat' Bed. I had just watched Clare Balding cycle along Offa's Dyke, on ...

I am considering methods of updating various web sites. They are originally set up using Dreamweaver with templates set up by professional web designers - way back when in the prehistory of the World Wide Web. I am very tempted by wix and wembly. which seem very easy to set up, although the make professional and with ecommerce there is a monthly fee. Wordpress is the other option which is the one I think I would go for except for the initial set up which seems difficult. It seems to involve loading wordpress onto the server, and this always fills me with fear. Reading the instructions, they are all written by people who know what they are doing, and each step seems fraught with unknowable methods. This web site gives a good summary. How Much Does it Cost to Make a Website in 2014 -

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Strange, I was talking about this very thing yesterday  discussing whether machine tour guides were better than human ones. my arguement was that a good tour guides tour is an improvisation, tailored to time, and group and the mood of the guide, not a mechanical excercise Follow that robot: the hi-tech tour guides taking over Tate Britain at night | Art and design | The Guardian

First visit to the new Stonehenge visitor experience. A work in progress, partly it seems like a building site and as you arrive by shuttle to the old visitor centre (now buried) nothing much seems to have changed except that it has taken an extra 30 minutes to arrive her. There is ofcourse a new interpretation centre with Cafe, shop and exhibition.  The Exhibition has some impressive graphics which give some idea of being inside the Circle. But it neither provides a spiritual or evocative experience nor an intellectual engagement.  The interpretation seems  aimed at a low level, no real discussion of the archaeological arguments.  Aimed squarely at the person who is vaguely interested.  Also rather surprised that it is grant aided - surely the government should not be bleeding grant funds for things it ought to be funding directly? Stonehenge new centre leads to English Heritage being criticised by members of the public on TripAdvisor | Western Da...

This is a really good exhibition of portraits (Mezzotints) of Georgian women - from Duchesses to Prostitutes.  Great pictures and the text is also good.  Worth a visit. Exhibitions | No1 Royal Crescent