Articles by Paul Beston

It only occurred to me much later that there were curtains closing this exhibition off from the museum upstairs and partitioning the various sections. I can’t decide if I prefer … Read More

This article was first published in ‘The American‘. We are grateful once more for the opportunity to post it here. In Wales, you have to start with mountains and hills. … Read More

Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours (and … Read More

This article was first published in ‘The American‘. We are grateful once again for the opportunity to repost it here. There’s not one Wessex, familiar though the name is, but … Read More

This article was first published in ‘The American‘. We are grateful for the opportunity to repost it here. Stand somewhere on the mid-section of Hadrian’s Wall and look out at … Read More

Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia follows on in a way from the British Museum’s recent Celts exhibition in being an overarching introduction to a whole people. This isn’t unlike the … Read More

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch-born artist who moved to England in 1870 and made it his new home, becoming one of the most popular and prolific British-based painters of … Read More

Last week marked the 2000th anniversary of the death of Augustus, that most famous of Roman emperors, on August 19th of AD 14. To mark the occasion, Paul Beston, who … Read More

The Gallipoli Campaign, a pivotal event in the First World War, began 99 years ago, on April 25th, 1915. Paul Beston, who has newly joined Peter Sommer Travels’ roster of … Read More