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We often take the Tube for granted in London, or at least we do in normal times, rushing on and shuffling off, but in these quieter...

If there was ever a time to get out and discover the city it is now. In fact it is tempting to go to shops just for the novelty of seeing...

Bollinger Jewellery Gallery at the V&A Room 47 British Museum, Hall Grundy Collection at Kenwood House. This week, I thought I would...

In these times of Lockdown 2, it can become quite easy to slip into sadness and lose yourself in the cycle of eat work, sleep and repeat....

During our new lockdown, here is a place you can visit safely, not only does it have history, it is open air and you will be following in...

Many people do not realise that in the square mile of the city which seems to be all tall glass building of commerce and money at the...

It’s almost All Hallow’s Eve, the night when the thin veil between the living and spirit world becomes more gossamer, and London you’ll...

There are many anomalies in London, people who claim to be Cockneys are supposed to be born within the sound of Bow Bells, though I’m...

London is a great place for dreamers, and why not? People have always come here and hoped to find a city they see in their imagination....

The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum. Today pricking your finger on a rose thorn or a getting a splinter might be irritating but in...

I get it! You're in London and you thought it would be all Go Go Go! But for the moment and, let's hope it's brief, we are working in...

To the uninitiated “Cockney Rhyming Slang ” could be seen as a problem and without knowing those who use it are often being profoundly...

Located at 11 Cannon St., almost opposite Cannon Street station, sits a small lump of old limestone set into the wall on a Portland stone...

Mina-Lima - Creators of the Harry Potter films' graphic art and props. When watching a movie , rarely does anyone have the time to take...

The writer Ian Fleming, creator of the iconic James Bond novels, was a man of refined style and taste, and many of his ideas about Bond’s...

In these strange times, I thought I would write and tell you a little of the nature of " Hidden London" there are great monuments all...

The area of St James’s in central London slightly off the West End, has age old history, the historic palace with its Tudor gatehouse,...

This hidden Art Deco wonder from the Jazz age was built in 1920’s. If you ever wanted to step into a B&W Hollywood movie from the period...

A wonderfully ancient, small shop still survives just off Holborn Kingsway surround by high rise blocks of the LSE , bearing the date...

There are many elegant Georgian buildings north of the river, but in South London close to the Thames few survived the horrors of the...