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Churchill War Rooms

04/04/2020 donbrown 0

With us all locked down it’s impossible to do tours at present, so I’ll be experimenting with some online tours. This is the first effort (at […]

London’s newest castle: The US Embassy, Nine Elms

31/03/2020 donbrown 0

Don’t call it a moat. Let’s be clear about that from the start; it’s not a moat – it’s a lake. Well, that’s according to […]

Richmond’s Blue Plaques

22/03/2020 donbrown 2

After last month’s stroll past some of the more prominent plaques in Putney, another piece, this time on the residents of Richmond upon Thames. This […]

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Scientists’ Corner, Westminster Abbey

08/03/2020 donbrown 0

You’ve almost certainly heard of Poets’ Corner, the spot within Westminster Abbey given over to the commemoration of the nation’s authors, poets and playwrights. Amongst […]

The Soho grave of Theodore I, King of Corsica

05/03/2020 donbrown 1

St Anne’s churchyard is a small patch of open ground at the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street, Soho. Once the hang out of druggies […]

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Farm Street Church, Mayfair – a gothic wonder

02/03/2020 donbrown 0

The Victorians loved the medieval. The ‘gothic revival’ actually started earlier – in the late 1700s/early 1800s as a reaction to classicism – but it […]

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London’s Green Parakeets

17/02/2020 donbrown 1

Perhaps 15 years ago, I was sat by the river in East Molesey, just past Hampton Court. Across the water the trees on the opposite […]

The Blue Plaques and famous names of Putney, SW15

05/02/2020 donbrown 2

A short piece I did for Essential Surrey on Putney’s history, and some of the famous people associated with the area. Now a thriving, popular […]

Hallie Rubenhold’s “The Five”

11/12/2019 donbrown 0

Should you want a wee bit of titillation, there is a ‘Jack the Ripper tour’ just about every day of the year. In fact, so […]

The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

06/12/2019 donbrown 0

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar square was meant to have an equestrian statue of William IV, but funding could not be raised (this was in […]