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In these strange times we have more time to look more closely at some of the familiar spots in our own locality. So, I had time to stop and study […]
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Up a narrow 52-step spiral staircase and in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of the old St Thomas’ Hospital is the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe. Predating […]
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Coffeehouses became a hub of news and inevitably a place where new ideas were formed. Boy runners were sent from coffee house to coffee house in order to relay information […]
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London’s coffeehouse culture and its commerce were intrinsically linked. During the 18th century a new active culture evolved. Coffeehouses sprang up all over London and attracted a variety of patrons […]
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As you cross the Thames on the Millennium Bridge (the “wobbly bridge”) you may well not be aware that immediately below you on the north bank river path there is […]
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Abbey Road Studios in St John’s Wood is one of London’s biggest tourist hotspots that isn’t open to tourists. Thousands of people visit each year, graffitiing their name on the […]
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