The Royal Gold Cup
Walk into Room 40 in the British Museum via the staircase in the entrance lobby and the first thing that hits you is this wonderful […]
A Medieval Citole in the British Museum
Up in Room 40 of the British Museum you will find one of the most stunning bits of medieval carving to survive – a citole […]
The Cabinet Room at the Churchill War Rooms
My Instagram Live talk from today about the Cabinet Room in the Central War Rooms and how it was used in WW2. “This is the […]
Churchill War Rooms
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
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
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 […]
Scientists’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
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
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 […]
Farm Street Church, Mayfair – a gothic wonder
The Victorians loved the medieval. The ‘gothic revival’ actually started earlier – in the late 1700s/early 1800s as a reaction to classicism – but it […]
London’s Green Parakeets
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 […]