Andrew Simpson

So, I wonder what a future archaeologist will make of my Costa loyalty card. Costa Gift Card, 2021 I say mine but I found it in the house an...

I am looking at one of those pictures which would have been all too familiar in the middle decades of the last century We are on a private c...

In Leicester we are tourists. Granby Street and the Grand Hotel, 1926 We started going about four years ago to see the kids and now we have ...

Sometimes a picture captures a moment which with hindsight allows you to see that things were just about to change. Here is another of...

Now I miss the river, which given that I never lived that far away from it is not surprising.  In the park, 1907 Like many I saw its ...

I collect hotel luggage labels, which I know marks me off as odd, especially as I have never visited any of the hotels in the collection. Bu...

Now I am not surprised that I have no idea where I am. The picture postcard just says Leicester Road Kibworth, and despite wandering up and ...