BritishMaritime.co.uk

Being double barrelled has always reminded me of my British/German roots – always a good thing. Still, I'm turning 30 next month and my hunt for a shorter signature continues. Submissions are welcome. What do you do for fun? ... spending 99 % of my time coming up with a better signature and designing pajamas/bathrobes/hankerchiefs with my coat of arms on them, I enjoy getting into the outdoors with my binoculars and engaging with Vancouver's amazing maritime community. ...

Venice was to relocate its base of operations in the North, initiating trading companies in London and Amsterdam in order to set up a global financial maritime power that could crush the new nation-state system out of existence. ..... under Junto asset King George in 1714, there was no obstacle the Venetian empire of monetarism could not then overcome. England was now destined to be the seat of the British new world monetary Empire, by the close of two generations later. ...

However, the evidence of what happened at the National Maritime Museum (see archived blogs, Oct. 2008 onwards) suggests that organising and making as great a fuss as possible can achieve results. ... Leaving aside the manifold 'quirks' (to be charitable) of the British Library and the idiocies imposed at archives nationwide in the name of 'Health and Safety'*, these include the widely differing policies on digital photography, still prohibited in too many institutions but ...