Andrew Simpson

I like this water colour of Eltham Palace by my old friend Peter Topping. The painting, 2025 Like many people I continue to be fascinated by...

Now I do miss Eltham, it was where I grew up and it is a place I was very happy. But at the age of 19 I went north following a girlfrie...

Now I have decided to run a few pictures of what Eltham Palace looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries. It had long been abandoned a...

Now I have decided to run a few pictures of what Eltham Palace looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries. It had long been abandoned a...

Now I have decided to run a few pictures of what Eltham Palace looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries. It had long been abandoned a...

 Now, I maintain, and I maintain most strongly that you can never have enough paintings of Eltham Palace. Growing up in Well Hall with the...

The challenge is to write a history of Eltham in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, and have been selected purely at rando...

Now I am back at Eltham Palace, a place that first captured my imagination back in 1964 and continues to do so. * This is the cover ...

Now, I grew up with Eltham Palace, and delighted in that walk over the bridge and into the grounds. Virginia Courtauld's bedroom ...

When I was growing up the area around the Palace was a pretty magical place.* Of course the old hall was only open at certain times bu...

Cover of the book “Two generations ago Eltham was a quiet Kentish village where time had almost stood still.   The narrow High street...

You can never get enough pictures of Eltham and so here is one from Ryan which he sent up to me yesterday. For those of us who left E...

Now all too often when you come across books on Eltham Palace they concentrate quite rightly on the building, its history and the people ...

I am back with the Story of Eltham Palace by Roy Brook and what a treasure trove is here. For a start it is not just about the Palace a...

Now I like it when people write for the blog and so here is a review of the latest book on Eltham Palace by Sue Hurley I lived all my y...