Richard Lawrence Tames, born 30 January 1946, lectures on history at Syracuse University London and is a Blue Badge guide.
Tames is also a Lecturer on London’s history for the Institute of Tourist Guiding. He has written over twenty books on different aspects of English history, including Shakespeare’s London on 5 Groats a Day.
Although we didn't like this one, I was surprised that Athena picked out a Degas painting(not "Blue Dancers", and identified it as the same painter who did the one in our living room(Blue Dancers").