• An Emperor in the making?
    Could there ever have been any doubt that I was a Roman Emperor? Given that as an adult I have been fatefully unsure of my career path in li...
  • Shelf Life - The Vase
    Funny how it seems that some objects have been in the family for ever. The vase below has long been special to me and appears always to h...
  • Unstable Gables - An Imperial Perspective
    It seems that 2010 has not been kind to imperial roofs! In late March, the emperor's court was shocked to hear of a ceiling collapse ...