‘Lost Gardens of London’ at the Garden Museum
To the Garden Museum in the old St Mary at Lambeth church (burial place of William Bligh, of ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ fame), hard by […]
To the Garden Museum in the old St Mary at Lambeth church (burial place of William Bligh, of ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ fame), hard by […]
If you enjoy this blog and you’re keen to have a London tour with me, in January and February I’m planning on doing some ‘public’ […]
As well as Marble Arch to the north, Park Lane has at its opposite end what is now called the Wellington Arch. This is just […]
Hop on the fast train from St Pancras and you can be in Dover in a little over an hour. Grab a cab from the […]
Had you been motoring along the Fulham Road in the days before WW1 you could have pulled into number 81 and bought new tyres at […]
I blush as I write this, but in over 40 years in London, yesterday was the first time I’ve ever bought anything in Old Compton […]
When yu have sought the Citty Round, Yet still this is the highest Ground. August the 27 1688 Step out of the tube at St Paul’s […]
So why does a statue of colonial rebel George Washington lord it over Trafalgar Square? And why is there also a bust of the first […]
On the railings outside the Coram charity’s HQ in Bloomsbury is a white children’s mitten. Or, rather, what appears to be a child’s mitten, because […]
There is an ancient hut in the centre of Soho Square, a half-timbered affair with beams that sag and bow. It gives the impression of […]
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