The first Walton Bridge, as painted by Canaletto

Remember landing?

It always worries me that, bit-by-bit, our public rights can be eroded away simply because we don’t know when – or how – to protect them.

Revive the riverside resort

It seems astonishing now, but there was a time, 100 or so years ago, when Staines was considered a riverside resort to rank alongside the likes of Marlow and Henley.

Looking the part when on the river

As regular readers of this column will doubtless have gathered by now, I’m a keen student of the history of the Thames in these parts and I love reading accounts of life on the river from days gone by.