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- The American Memorial Chapel, St Paul’s
If you’ve seen Herbert Mason’s photo ‘St Paul’s Survives’ – the dome of the cathedral still standing proud as the smoke of the Blitz rises … - The crypt museum in All Hallows by the Tower
Fight your way through the crowds surrounding the Tower of London and you might just make it through to one of London’s oldest churches. All …Continue reading “The crypt museum in All Hallows by the Tower”
- No Pasaran! The Jubilee Gardens Memorial
The British and other foreign fighters travelling to Ukraine to resist Putin’s invasion are an echo of 85 years ago, some 35,000 non-Spaniards (2,500 from … - The Church of St Mary Aldermanbury – London and Missouri
At the corner of Love Lane and Aldermanbury, round the back of the old City of London Police HQ, is a ‘pocket park’ that was …Continue reading “The Church of St Mary Aldermanbury – London and Missouri”
- The Statue of Robert Clive – ‘Clive of India’
WHAT: Statue of Robert Clive WHERE: Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Whitehall (map) BY WHOM: Robert Tweed WHEN: 1912 - Six less than obvious tales from the Churchill War Rooms
I’ve done so many tours of the Churchill War Rooms recently (né Cabinet War Rooms, né Central War Room) that I’m half-expecting them to give …Continue reading “Six less than obvious tales from the Churchill War Rooms”
- Recent Reading – books about Winston Churchill
I’m about to start several tours for (mainly) Americans who are following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill. We’ll be doing Chartwell, Blenheim, Bletchley Park, …Continue reading “Recent Reading – books about Winston Churchill”
- The Opening Ceremony at the Tower of London
You’ve probably heard of the Tower of London’s ‘Ceremony of the Keys’ that takes place just before 10pm every day. This is when the Tower …Continue reading “The Opening Ceremony at the Tower of London”
- Love Letters to London
Yesterday, wearing my London Society hat and Paul Smith suit, I went to the awards for the Society’s “Love Letters to London” writing competition around … - Map of London’s Churchill Locations
I’ve been adding a few more Churchill locations to my map (see below) as well as doing a bit of housekeeping and categorisation. You can … - Stockwell’s concrete cathedral for buses
Fall asleep on a Go-Ahead bus and you might just be lucky enough to wake up in the depot – the soaring, concrete cathedral that … - Westminster Abbey’s Hidden Highlights Tour
I am a jaded old cynic, a London Blue Badge Guide who has taken people round Westminster Abbey what, 200? 300 times? Pre-covid, some weeks …Continue reading “Westminster Abbey’s Hidden Highlights Tour”
- An Elizabethan Prisoner’s Graffiti
The Tower of London, famous though it is for prisoners, had no dungeons as such: the incarcerated would be held in rooms in different buildings … - “Exquisite Pain” in St Bart’s
The church of St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield is one of the jewels of London. A breathtakingly beautiful architectural gem that has occupied its … - A Few Short Strolls this March
I’m taking part in the Prostate Cancer UK ‘March the Month‘ fundraiser this March. They want people to walk 11,000 steps a day during the … - The Sutton Hoo treasure
In 1938 a Suffolk woman called Edith Pretty asked a local archaeologist Basil Brown (no relation unfortunately) to excavate a series of mounds that were … - The Temple Bar Gate
Hard by St Paul’s at the entrance to Paternoster Square, is Temple Bar gate. Like the Cathedral, this is the work of Sir Chirstopher Wren, … - The Oldest Door in Britain
As you walk through a passageway that links the cloisters to the Chapter House in Westminster Abbey, you walk past a doorway that is generally … - The Chapel of St John the Evangelist
One of the loveliest and most peaceful spaces in London is literally in the centre of one of the busiest. The Tower of London gets … - 2021 – the StuffAboutLondon year in review
Thanks very much for following the blog this year, and for coming on the virtual tours (and the handful of real life walks) that have …Continue reading “2021 – the StuffAboutLondon year in review”
- National Covid Memorial Wall
Along the Albert Embankment wall of St Thomas’ Hospital, directly over the Thames to the Houses of Parliament is an incredible piece of public guerrilla … - The Holy Thorn Reliquary in the British Museum
A bit more medieval from the British Museum (read all about a 700 year old citole here), but this time we’re not in my favourite …Continue reading “The Holy Thorn Reliquary in the British Museum”
- The statue of William IV, Greenwich
WHAT: Statue of William IV WHERE: Greenwich Park (map) BY WHOM: Samuel Nixon WHEN: 1844 Poor old William IV. The last of the Hanoverian kings … - The New WW2 Gallery at the Imperial War Museum
To the new Second World War gallery at the Imperial War Museum. And it’s really rather good. The previous WW2 ‘experience’ in the museum focussed …Continue reading “The New WW2 Gallery at the Imperial War Museum”
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