The Sea Dog Table of #HardwickHall (with the Eglantine Table) is an elaborately carved table from around 1570-575. Crafted in #Paris, following a design by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. It survives as one of the most important examples of 16th-century furniture in #Britain.

The Mildenhall Great Dish

From the Cultures/period of the Romano-British (40s AD). The characters include the hero Hercules, drunk on wine, supported by two satyrs. This is a mesmerising, glorious relic from pre-Christian #Britain.

Images from my visit to the British Museum.

Lindow Man, also known as
as Pete Marsh is a preserved bog body discovered in #LindowMoss near Wilmslow, #Cheshire, North West #England & dates between 2 BC/119 AD, (#IronAge or Romano-British period) This is a true ancestor of #Britain.

📸 from my trip to the British Museum

The Fishpool Hoard of (15th century) discovered, in #Ravenshead, #Nottinghamshire, is the largest hoard of medieval coins ever found in #Britain. Probably buried between 1463-1464, after the Battle of #Hexham in May 1464, (War of the Roses).

📸 My trips to the British Museum

I (@VinnieSullivan) used to frequent this venue in my youth. After an evening in #Wanstead, #SouthWoodford or elsewhere, we'd often head to a club that had kept it's pub name. The Rising Sun (20 #Woodford new road) rested in a forested area of #Walthamstow tucked between #Leytonstone and #Woodford. My family once drank in the actual pub itself, I simply visited it's shadow in order to chat up women and have a decent enough reason to stay out late. Little did I realise that I, thinking as a mere youth, joined in the decline of #Britain's pubs. We all know that we cannot turn back time, but few of us truly learn from our mistakes in the hope of a better future. It's a short walk from where I was born (#WhippsCross hospital #Leytonstone, #London, #E11) and sits within the tree's of #Epping forest, a realm I know and love. This part of the forest named #GilbertsSlade. I remember the warmth I felt leaving in the early hours after a skinful upon seeing that I was within the forest I love.

This glorious statue of Old Father #Thames symbolically sits on a grand building at Ten Trinity Square. His image is based with that of #Poseidon/#Neptune, the #Greek/#Roman god of the sea. This was the hillside where #Romans first made their main base in #Britain more than 2,000 years ago. This location, yards from the famous #TowerHill, is where the settlement of #Londinium first began. Now, this building is a 'Four Seasons Hotel', but once housed the headquarters of the Port of London Authority. Many great designs are, in fact, stolen from Rome/Greece. This Greco-Roman building isn't only an insight into Londons foundation but into the plagiarism of ancient architecture until this day. Many give credit to all the wrong places as opposed to admitting who set the highest standards. 🏛