60. General James Wolfe and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

In this episode Neil climbs the hill to the Royal Observatory and finds himself at the centre of time & place.

Henry VIII’s hunting lodge where he kept his mistress of the moment once stood here. Then in 1675 Christopher Wren was commissioned to build the Royal Observatory in this spot, a building that stood at the forefront of astronomy and mapping for centuries. It’s here that the prime meridian bisects the planet and a legendary soldier, General James Woolfe, looks out over one of the greatest cities in the world and through thousands of years of history.

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