One of Bath’s best-loved Georgian buildings could be about to shut up shop. With a personal view of developments, Professor George Odam, who was Patient Governor of the RNHRD for nine years until his resignation […]
Author: Richard Wyatt
Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath.
Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.
virtualmuseumofbath.com 2012
virtualmuseumofbath.com 2012.
Bridging the valley.
I can see it is going to be a bit of an uphill struggle getting those who are busy changing the fabric of our city to realise that l am serious about this web-site and […]
Oops!
An update now on concerns over the road-works being carried out on the High Street between the north side of the Abbey and the Guildhall. If you have been following this story l was […]
A little light on a mystery.
More information to bring you about the two gothic-styled lanterns l saw in the chapel at the Bath Abbey Cemetery at Widcombe. They were labeled as designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott – a great […]
You can’t see the ‘Wood’ for the trees!
It’s my favourite punchline as l go around on my ‘training day’ with a party of curious tourists in my power! I am in the process of being coached to hopefully become a member of […]
Pavement Perils
Good to see this piece of graffiti – spotted on the side of the Temple of Minerva in Sydney Gardens – was soon consigned to an (un)recorded history. I won’t be keeping the image either! […]
Bath’s other Pulteney Bridge.
Walking towards my Larkhall home along Walcot Street in Bath l happened to look up towards an oval-shaped blue plaque above a hairdressing salon on the Paragon side of the street. Sandwiched between two […]
