Palely loitering in Moorgate: the new John Keats memorial
Let’s face it, John Keats pretty much set the template for what we expect from Romantic poets – curly hair, brown eyes, a couple of […]
City of London
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 […]
The New London Model: Towering over the City
Should you want to feel godlike, the entire capital spread out beneath your glorious presence, then the place to go is The London Centre, in […]
Up on the roof (again): the ‘Beast’
At 278m (912’) and 63 storeys, the new(ish) office block at 22 Bishopsgate is the tallest building in the City of London, and second only […]
Londinium: a new place to see the capital’s Roman wall
Typical, you wait ages for a post about Roman London, then three come along at once. After the Mithraeum and the Billingsgate bath house, here’s […]
Londinium: the Billingsgate Roman Bath House
Dig a hole in the City of London and a few metres down you will hit Londinium, the original city, because before the Romans there […]
Gluttony and grave robbing – Pye Corner in Smithfield
Stroll up Giltspur Street towards Smithfield Market and look up to your left at the building on the corner of Cock Lane. In an arched […]
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 […]
The Crypt Chapel, St Olave’s Hart Street
Another City church, another ancient crypt… St Olave’s Hart Street is one of the few churches to survive the Great Fire of 1666 (it was […]
The American Memorial Chapel, St Paul’s
If you’ve seen Herbert Mason’s photo ‘St Paul’s Survives’ – the dome of the cathedral still standing proud as the smoke of the Blitz rises […]