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William Shakespeare is one of the most celebrated writers in the English language. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, he began his career as an actor in London before turning to […]
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Hazel Baker
Recently, when out on my Classical Composers in the West End walk, I was asked, ‘So how come the United Kingdom did not produce so many famous classical music composers […]
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The construction of Cannon Street railway station in 1866 obliterated the last remains the Steelyard, the chief entrepôt of the Hanseatic League in England. The League was a commercial informal […]
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On 25 April 1801 the 22 year old Humphry Davy delivered his first public lecture at the Royal Institution (RI) in Albemarle Street Mayfair. The handsome and romantic young Cornishman […]
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My Regent’s Canal walk ends at Broadway Market (the name of the street), a food market in Hackney. You will be able to indulge yourself not only in the numerous […]
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The bronze plaques with names alternate with decorative roundels that carry ornamental elements of Tower Bridge. Pupils from The City of London Academy Southwark created the decorative plaques for part […]
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