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west island st james's park

The Body in the Lake: a Buckingham Palace Mystery

09/02/2025 donbrown 0

When John Nash remodelled Buckingham Palace and St James’s Park for George IV in the 1820s, he replaced the previous formal ‘canal’ waterway in the […]

the quadriga on top of wellington arch

The Wellington (aka Green Park or Constitution Hill) Arch

24/10/2024 donbrown 1

As well as Marble Arch to the north, Park Lane has at its opposite end what is now called the Wellington Arch. This is just […]

buckingham palace with lifeguards

Michael Fagan and Buckingham Palace

14/07/2017 donbrown 0

There might be red-coated soldiers from the elite Guards regiments standing sentry around it (not to mention large numbers of coppers with Big Guns), but […]