The Mithraeum: The City of London’s Roman Temple
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 […]
Month: July 2023
The Blue and Green Plaques of St James’s Place
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
[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
[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
[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
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, Grosvenor Gardens
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
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 […]