“Black Swans” – an engraving by Capt. James Wallis, 1818

  Introduction As part of the COVID19 lock down during April 2020, a challenge was published through the Hunter Living Histories Twitter feed to identify the possible location of an engraving of two black swans at Reed’s Mistake, (now Swansea) that were published two hundred years ago 1820, but captured sometime around 1818 as part … More “Black Swans” – an engraving by Capt. James Wallis, 1818

Dream within a dream: An Intergalactic University Hall of Memory

On the eve of Poliphilo waking up from his dream within a dream on the 1 May 1457 I share my dreams within dreams during our time of COVID-19 pandemic as a source of inspiration, amusement and hope. On the 8 December 2011, came an opportunity to share a dream inspired by the Auchmuty Library … More Dream within a dream: An Intergalactic University Hall of Memory