Stuff About London

Number One London

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You’re likely to have been past this place several hundred times, because Apsley House is the big, honey-coloured building on the north side of Hyde […]

“One of the sights of London”

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“Miss the Tower of London, if you have to, but don’t miss this” wrote Ian Nairn in his 1966 guide, Nairn’s London. A Nash terrace? […]

The Painted Hall Greenwich

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James Thornhill is sometimes called “the English Michelangelo”, although that’s less to do with a comparability of talent – he’s good, but he ain’t that […]

The Bomb Damage maps

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During the war the London County Council surveyors chronicled the devastation caused by enemy bombing on the capital. Hand colouring street level OS maps, they plotted the buildings […]

London Buses

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I’ve done a book review for the London Society on a new collection of writing about London buses and the bus network called ‘Bus Fare‘. […]

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

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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 […]

Urban Wine

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A dozen or so years ago my father in law brought back a stick from his land in Sicily. It was about two feet long […]

The Ravens of the Tower of London

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Just about everyone knows the legend of the Tower of London ravens; that should they leave the fortress then it and, by extension, the entire […]

The Lovely Clapham Common Bandstand

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Oh for just a bit of the civic pride that built bandstands, and a wee bit of the sense of community that put on regular […]

More London pictures

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Another wee selection of instagram snaps (also on flickr).

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Number One London

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“One of the sights of London”

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The Painted Hall Greenwich

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The Bomb Damage maps

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London Buses

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

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Urban Wine

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The Ravens of the Tower of London

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