Book review: Up in Smoke by Peter Watts
I have a terrible confession to make, one that will see me shunned by London society, if not drummed out of the city altogether: I […]
Hilda Hewlett – Pioneer Aviator
Men outnumber women on London’s Blue Plaques by over seven to one, so it was good to stumble across this in Vardens Road, just off St […]
Bonnington Square: Rus in Urbe with knobs on
There’s a truism that if you venture off the main street almost anywhere in London you’ll discover something new. I do this a lot, sometimes just […]
Bricking It – the Tate Modern Extension
Step out of the back door of the Blue Fin Building (as I did this morning) and rising up in front of you is the […]
In the Clink
In London, the old Victorian prisons are just there, an almost unnoticed background to everyday life; Wandsworth is over the road from my local garden […]
Getting the Blue Badge
Well, I finally went and actually did it and passed the exams to be a fully-fledged London Blue Badge Guide. That means I can now […]
Gebelein Man – a 5,500 year old murder mystery
One of the oldest pieces in the museum is not stone or porcelain or metal, but an actual human being – someone who walked around […]
A stroll along the South Bank
Some snaps from a walk past the National Theatre and RFH yesterday afternoon
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
Review of the production at Woking Theatre in February 2016. Published in Essential Surrey. Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is a breathtaking visual feast from start […]
London Postcodes – more exciting than you think
Postcodes! Now there’s a topic to get the blood racing. It was sparked by seeing the sign above, with “W14” tagged onto the original street sign. […]