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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 […]

Ghost stories! Spooky London tales for Hallowe’en

29/10/2021 donbrown 0

Another free online talk for you. Me and the rest of the gang at UKToursOnline did one of our ‘chats’ yesterday evening where we talked […]

Why Do We Go “Up” to London?

19/10/2021 donbrown 0

“When are you next up in town?” I ask my colleague who lives in the north of England. “Down,” she says, “Look at the map. […]

The Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square

10/10/2021 donbrown 0

WHAT: Statue of Sir Winston Churchill WHERE: Parliament Square (map) BY WHOM: Ivor Roberts-Jones WHEN: 1973

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A dastardly murder in Pall Mall

11/09/2021 donbrown 0

If you’ve never been to Westminster Abbey (or it’s ages since you last visited), now is the perfect time to go. The absence of foreign […]

Boudicca, destroyer of London

07/09/2021 donbrown 0

WHAT: Boudicca / Boadicea and her Daughters WHERE: Westminster Embankment (map) BY WHOM: Thomas Thorneycroft WHEN: 1902

The Eton College Chapel Gargoyle

31/08/2021 donbrown 0

UPDATE: mea culpa – the image that features above this article is not, as I originally thought, that of M R James. My thanks to […]

The Ascent of W1: the Marble Arch Mound

21/08/2021 donbrown 0

I actually thought it might be a good idea. It was certainly an idea worth exploring, and perhaps wacky/left field enough to work; plant a […]

The 4500 year old Standard of Ur

18/08/2021 donbrown 0

Back in the British Museum for the first time since lockdown and prepping for a real life tour with a real life guest. The Standard […]

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American Memorials in London

18/08/2021 donbrown 2

Another map, this one done for my UKToursOnline talk, “Star-Spangled Capital”. That’s about statues and memorials to Americans in London, and includes presidents, Founding Fathers, […]