The ‘Southwark Needle’ and the Grisly History of London Bridge
Why the great long stone spike at the Southwark end of London Bridge might not mean what you think it does.
Why the great long stone spike at the Southwark end of London Bridge might not mean what you think it does.
Embedded into the wall of 111 Cannon Street, just over the road from the railway station, is a portland stone receptacle around a metre and […]
Earlier this year I revived the idea of the online talk that we all grew to love/hate during lockdown. Much to my surprise there still […]
Elsyng Spital tower, once the church for, in turn, a nunnery, a hospital, an Augustinian priory, a grand house, a college and the parish church of St Alphage’s.
All about the huge architectural sundial on Tower Hill, and the big mistake it makes about London’s history.
To the Barbican on a glorious early spring day when the sky was blue and the sun was warm. Chamberlin, Powell and Bon’s brutalist City […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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