I have no idea why you would subscribe here, but you are most welcome, and I am delighted if you have. I write mostly on the history of London, and opiates as they have crossed the world through time, from prehistory to dimebaggers. It’s kind of what I do. And about growing up in rural Lincolnshire, in an extraordinary family, to where I am now. We have a rescue dog called Whitney Houston, because she had no name at all.

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