Out now: Updated (2017) version of Pleasure Boating
A new edition (reprint) of Pleasure Boating on the Thames is out now. Besides being a thicker tome, thanks to it being... Read More
Oxford, the Thames and leisure: updated thoughts (August 2016)
This month (August 2016) my doctoral thesis (‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure: a History of Salter Bros, 1858 – 2010‘) is finally... Read More
The River Thames and the Popularisation of Camping, 1860-1980
This academic article by Simon Wenham reconsiders the history of (recreational) camping in Britain. It challenges the prevailing idea that the pastime... Read More