The Bankside Reconstruction of Drake’s ‘The Golden Hinde’
To the high seas! with tales of exploration, piracy and 1970’s ‘practical archeology’. We’re on Bankside, at St Mary Overy Dock. ‘St Mary Overy’ was […]
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Epstein’s Einstein at the V&A
Have you heard of the family Stein? There’s Gert and there’s Ep and there’s Ein Gert’s poetry’s bunk Ep’s statues are junk And no one […]
‘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 […]
Come for a walk with me this winter
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’ […]
The Wellington (aka Green Park or Constitution Hill) Arch
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 […]
Days Out: The Wonderful Dover Castle
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 […]
South Kensington’s Michelin Man
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 […]
The Algerian Coffee Stores – caffeinating London since 1887
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 […]
The Mysterious Panyer Boy of St Paul’s
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 […]
George Washington – one of the greatest Englishmen who ever lived
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 […]