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The American Memorial Chapel, St Paul’s

22/06/2022 donbrown 0

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 […]

The crypt museum in All Hallows by the Tower

22/06/2022 donbrown 0

Fight your way through the crowds surrounding the Tower of London and you might just make it through to one of London’s oldest churches. All […]

The Church of St Mary Aldermanbury – London and Missouri

21/05/2022 donbrown 0

At the corner of Love Lane and Aldermanbury, round the back of the old City of London Police HQ, is a ‘pocket park’ that was […]

“Exquisite Pain” in St Bart’s

07/02/2022 donbrown 0

The church of St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield is one of the jewels of London. A breathtakingly beautiful architectural gem that has occupied its […]

Wren’s Twice-Moved Temple Bar Gate

26/01/2022 donbrown 0

Hard by St Paul’s at the entrance to Paternoster Square, is Temple Bar gate. Like the Cathedral, this is the work of Sir Chirstopher Wren, […]

The Camels of Eastcheap

01/08/2021 donbrown 0

Eastcheap – from an old english word for market (and “east” to distinguish it from the original Westcheap, now ‘Cheapside’) – runs from Monument tube […]

A steam ship in the City of London

29/07/2021 donbrown 0

There are quite a number of ‘Holland Houses’ in the capital – the remains of a Jacobean country home in Holland Park, Kensington; a school […]

Up on the Roof – the Walkie Talkie’s Sky Garden

01/12/2018 donbrown 0

I’ve tried hard to like the Walkie Talkie, Rafael Vinoly’s skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street, but so far I’ve been unsuccessful. The thing dominates the […]

Rogers' Lloyd's Building reflected in Foster's Willis Building

The Lloyd’s Building

25/10/2016 donbrown 1

In 1978, the year after architect Richard Rogers’ Pompidou Centre opened in Paris, construction started on his first major London project, The Lloyd’s Building in Lime […]

Wren’s Monument to the 1666 Great Fire

21/10/2016 donbrown 0

Climb the 311 stairs today to the top of the Monument and the the 21st century City spreads out around you. To the north the […]

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The American Memorial Chapel, St Paul’s

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The Church of St Mary Aldermanbury – London and Missouri

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“Exquisite Pain” in St Bart’s

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Wren’s Twice-Moved Temple Bar Gate

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The Camels of Eastcheap

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A steam ship in the City of London

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Up on the Roof – the Walkie Talkie’s Sky Garden

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The Lloyd’s Building

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Wren’s Monument to the 1666 Great Fire

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