Month: July 2023

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The Mithraeum: The City of London’s Roman Temple

24/07/2023 donbrown 0

Under the Bloomberg European headquarters building in the City is the ‘London Mithraeum’, a glimpse into an obscure part of Roman London. Obscure not just […]

The Blue and Green Plaques of St James’s Place

24/07/2023 donbrown 0

St James’s Place, which cuts between St James’s Street and Green Park, has the modernist/brutalist Target House at one end, and the vast neo-classical pile […]

Book Review | Public House: A Cultural and Social History of the London Pub

23/07/2023 donbrown 0

[This review was first published on The London Society website in February 2022] As a London Blue Badge Guide I take Americans around London – the Tower, […]

Book Review | High Buildings, Low Morals by Rob Baker

23/07/2023 donbrown 0

[This review was first published on The London Society website in November 2017] Fans of Rob Baker’s blog ‘Another Nickel in the Machine‘ and his […]

Book Review | Vic Keegan’s Lost London

23/07/2023 donbrown 0

[This review was first published on The London Society Website in February 2021] Followers of the OnLondon twitter feed will know that every week, among the pieces […]

Book Review | Bus Fare by Travis Elborough and Joe Kerr

23/07/2023 donbrown 0

Bus Fare: Collected Writings on London’s Most Loved Means of Transport by Travis Elborough and Joe Kerr, published by AA Publishing. [This review was first published […]

equestrian statue of ferdinand foch by george malissard

Equestrian Statue of Ferdinand Foch, Grosvenor Gardens

15/07/2023 donbrown 0

WHAT: Ferdinand Foch WHERE: Lower Grosvenor Gardens (map) BY WHOM: Georges Malissard WHEN: 1930 Within the (slightly grotty) public space of Lower Grosvenor Gardens, facing […]

Murder in the Abbey: the death of Robert Hawle

15/07/2023 donbrown 0

One of the great things about Westminster Abbey is that it is almost impossible to tire of the place. Yes, it can be a bit […]