#France

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 5, 2021
5 min

Six Olympians From the Past

Despite the setbacks of happening in the middle of a global pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics of 2021 has already seen an impressive haul of medals for Team GB: as of current time of writing we have thirteen golds, sixteen silvers and thirteen bronze medals, placing as sixth overall out of two hundred and six nations. As we celebrate the likes of Tom Daley fulfilling a life ambition in achieving a long-overdue gold medal in men’s synchronised 10 metre diving and Beth Shriever in W

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Sheldon Goodman

Nov 26, 2019
5 min

The Top 6 Graves of Père-Lachaise

Here we go. Such has been my apprehension in attempting to write an entry about the most famous cemetery in the world that it’s taken me nearly a year to finally put my visit into words. How – how, dear reader – can you do justice to this place in one post? How can I convey my awe through text and imagery alone? It’s the cemetery that started it all. So, what did I see? History The cobbled streets that house mausoleums and tombs was not a success when it first opened. Taking

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Sheldon Goodman

Nov 26, 2019
5 min

The Top 6 Graves of Père-Lachaise

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Sheldon Goodman

Dec 13, 2018
4 min

My Top 9 Instagram Posts 2018

As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d subscribe to that popular ‘top 9’ idea that invades everyone’s feeds every December. Here’s the top 9 most-liked posts from my Instagram – it’s quite the eclectic mix! 9. Captain Danny Last year I wrote about a guy I found in Abney Park purely by accident – from deep diving YouTube videos, of all things. Looking at how he was remembered then, I went off to see if I could find out what his memory (and legacy) were like now – have rea

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Sheldon Goodman

Dec 13, 2018
4 min

My Top 9 Instagram Posts 2018

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Sheldon Goodman

Aug 31, 2015
2 min

Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

by Christina When I think about war cemeteries, this is the sort of thing I imagine – somewhere quiet and bleak and sombre. Recently I went to Normandy with Dan and we visited Bayeux War Cemetery and the Marigny German Military Cemetery. I had been to both before but this time, in late summer/early autumn we were greeted with something I hadn’t experienced on my previous visits – a blaze of colour. The cemetery at Marigny was originally a temporary American war cemetery, used

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Sheldon Goodman

Aug 31, 2015
2 min

Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

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Sheldon Goodman

May 11, 2015
4 min

Cimetière du Père Lachaise Part Deux

by Christina A few weeks ago, I reminisced here about a trip to Père Lachaise Cemetery I made in early 2011, to visit Jim Morrison. This was before Sheldon and I founded Cemetery Club and my interest in cemeteries had not yet been ignited by Sheldon’s wonderful and inspiring love of this section of world history. Basically what I’m trying to say here is – I went there but I didn’t pay it much attention. All I had to share with you were a few dingy Polaroids I had saved from t

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Sheldon Goodman

May 11, 2015
4 min

Cimetière du Père Lachaise Part Deux

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Sheldon Goodman

Mar 30, 2015
3 min

Cimetière du Père Lachaise Part 1

by Christina In a couple of weeks I’m going to Paris. I’ve been there in every season except springtime, which according to poetry and literature throughout the ages, is the ultimate time to go. (‘When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise‘ – Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer) I’m particularly excited because it means I get to visit the French forerunner to the Magnificent Seven London cemeteries we know and love – the grand Cimetiè

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Sheldon Goodman

Mar 30, 2015
3 min

Cimetière du Père Lachaise Part 1

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‘The Charge of the Light Brigade Fades to Nothing…’

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 11, 2014
3 min

‘The Charge of the Light Brigade Fades to Nothing…’

The Hooge Crater, 1915 © Drake Goodman It was a warm summers day near Richebourg l’Avoué. That was the only redeeming feature of Tuesday 22nd June 1915. The rolling countryside and greenery that usually typified Northern France had been forcibly replaced with sandbags, muddy trenches and battle-scarred fields. Barbed wire stuck out of the ground in angry defiance: no rational man would dare leave the safety of the hastily built trench that sheltered him. A thirty year old man

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Sheldon Goodman

Aug 11, 2014
3 min

‘The Charge of the Light Brigade Fades to Nothing…’

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Looking for the Mystery Saint of Montcuit

Sheldon Goodman

Jul 14, 2014
4 min

Looking for the Mystery Saint of Montcuit

by Christina It’s Friday night and I’m home doing Internet research. It is infuriating because I can’t find what I’m looking for, and in this day and age, when does that ever happen anymore? Seriously – when was the last time you typed a search into Google and you just didn’t find a single thing? Not a bean? It is happening to me right now. And I think this is because I am attempting to write about a place remote enough that the Internet has not quite discovered it yet. It is

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Sheldon Goodman

Jul 14, 2014
4 min

Looking for the Mystery Saint of Montcuit

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Sheldon Goodman

Dec 9, 2013
3 min

A Lesson In Simplicity

Owing to a looming deadline for Sheldon’s tour-guiding studies, today’s entry is written by Ian Brentnall. Ian is a Choirmaster and Organist who has over thirty years experience of working with choirs and choral societies. He very kindly offered to write an entry detailing a recent visit he made to France where the legacy of a Christian man is all around where he was finally laid to rest. Sheldon and I share a common interest: we are both singers. I have recently returned fro

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Sheldon Goodman

Dec 9, 2013
3 min

A Lesson In Simplicity

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Sheldon Goodman

Jun 17, 2013
3 min

Normandy on D-Day and Other Stories

I spent D-Day 2013 in Normandy, and more specifically, in Bayeux and Arromanches; the latter staring out at Port Winston and Gold Beach, imagining what it must have been like that bloody, horrific day in 1944. The streets of the town are buoyant – full of American rock n roll music blasting out of the bars, World War II merchandise and men and women dressed up as American soldiers (apparently, the British WWII uniforms just aren’t available any more). At 6pm a Spitfire loops

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Sheldon Goodman

Jun 17, 2013
3 min

Normandy on D-Day and Other Stories

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