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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 Oldest Door in Britain

08/01/2022 donbrown 0

As you walk through a passageway that links the cloisters to the Chapter House in Westminster Abbey, you walk past a doorway that is generally […]

The Chapel of St John the Evangelist

28/12/2021 donbrown 0

One of the loveliest and most peaceful spaces in London is literally in the centre of one of the busiest. The Tower of London gets […]

2021 – the StuffAboutLondon year in review

21/12/2021 donbrown 0

Thanks very much for following the blog this year, and for coming on the virtual tours (and the handful of real life walks) that have […]

National Covid Memorial Wall

22/11/2021 donbrown 0

Along the Albert Embankment wall of St Thomas’ Hospital, directly over the Thames to the Houses of Parliament is an incredible piece of public guerrilla […]

The Holy Thorn Reliquary in the British Museum

15/11/2021 donbrown 0

A bit more medieval from the British Museum (read all about a 700 year old citole here), but this time we’re not in my favourite […]

The statue of William IV, Greenwich

14/11/2021 donbrown 0

WHAT: Statue of William IV WHERE: Greenwich Park (map) BY WHOM: Samuel Nixon WHEN: 1844 Poor old William IV. The last of the Hanoverian kings […]

The New WW2 Gallery at the Imperial War Museum

04/11/2021 donbrown 0

To the new Second World War gallery at the Imperial War Museum. And it’s really rather good. The previous WW2 ‘experience’ in the museum focussed […]

The House Where Churchill Died

01/11/2021 donbrown 0

Hyde Park Gate is a cul de sac off the Kensington Road, a stone’s throw from the Albert Hall and Albert Memorial. It’s a mix […]

Some recent reading – London books

29/10/2021 donbrown 0

One thing that I always meant to do, but have never actually got around to doing, is to put up lists of favourite or recommended […]

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Wren’s Twice-Moved Temple Bar Gate

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2021 – the StuffAboutLondon year in review

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National Covid Memorial Wall

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Some recent reading – London books

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