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St James Garlickhythe

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With the current building works going on around it, the approach to St James’s is now down Garlick Hill, an indication – along with the church’s […]

Cleary Gardens – one of the City’s ‘Pocket Parks’

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With so much noise and traffic in the City it’s sometimes nice to take a bit of time out. And that’s what places like Cleary […]

The City and the Guilds

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Stand on Dowgate with your back to Cannon Street station and you can see the entrances to three of the halls of the City’s oldest […]

Dick Whittington’s Church

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St Michael Paternoster Royal is one of 51 churches rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire. St Michael is the archangel Michael – God’s […]

Postman’s Park – the Memorial to ‘Heroic Self-sacrifice’

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A small bit of green space on the site of the churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s, Aldersgate, which opened in 1880. Over the […]

One New Change

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The architect of One New Change, Jean Nouvel, described his building as a ‘stealth bomber’; it’s something very big – well over half a million […]

Monet – The Gare St Lazare

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PREVIOUS: CONSTABLE – STRATFORD MILL Claude Monet: The Gare St Lazare: 1877 This picture is an urban Parisian scene rather than a rural view, but […]

Constable – Stratford Mill

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PREVIOUS: TURNER – THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE John Constable: Stratford Mill: 1820 We think of Constable’s landscapes as classic images of the English countryside, almost ‘chocolate […]

Drouais – Madame de Pompadour at her tambour frame

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PREVIOUS: CARAVAGGIO – THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS Francois-Hubert Drouais: Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame: 1763-4 This is Madame de Pompadour. Erstwhile mistress to […]

Van Dyck – Equestrian Portrait of Charles I

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PREVIOUS: VELAZQUEZ – PHILIP IV IN BROWN AND SILVER Anthony van Dyck: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I: 1637-8 The first thing that strikes you about this […]

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Van Dyck – Equestrian Portrait of Charles I

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