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The Wellington (aka Green Park or Constitution Hill) Arch

24/10/2024 donbrown 1

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

24/10/2024 donbrown 0

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

23/10/2024 donbrown 0

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

22/09/2024 donbrown 0

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

17/09/2024 donbrown 0

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

12/09/2024 donbrown 0

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 […]

Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital

03/09/2024 donbrown 0

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 […]

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Soho Square, Ancient and Modern(ish)

08/08/2024 donbrown 0

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 […]

The London Plane – our very own tree

04/08/2024 donbrown 0

In Brunswick Gardens, a stone’s throw from the Coram foundation, is one of the ‘Great Trees of London‘, a huge, and 230 year old, London […]

30 Years of Warfare: from the Nery Gun to the V2

10/07/2024 donbrown 0

Go down into the central atrium of the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, and one of the first things you see is the ‘Nery Gun’. […]

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