Artist Walter Sickert in Highbury
At 1 Highbury Place there is a Georgian building with the green plaque commemorating Walter Sickert’s school of painting and engraving. Find out more.
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Rhinoceros in London
The worshipful Society of Apothecaries’ Hall is filled with rhinoceros, but why? It’s probably one of the most famous and certainly one of the most
The National Police Memorial
Seated at Cambridge Green, on the corner of The Mall and Horse Guards Road, directly outside the Old Admiralty Building. The site had previously been
Christie’s in London
Christie’s is the world’s oldest fine art auctioneer and has sold fine art, furniture, jewellery and wine since 1766, when James Christie conducted the very
The lamps are going out all over Europe
One hundred years ago Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary stated to his friend and journalist John Alfred Spender, editor of the Westminster Gazette “the lamps
Spriggan in Crouch End
The sculpture depicts a Spriggan – a mythical creature, usually of rather ill disposition, which is said to be a guardian of abandoned ruins, barrows and
Paddington Bear hits London
As a child of the 80’s I grew up with the cartoon of Paddington Bear who wore an old black hat, a blue duffel coat
What is a Silent Disco?
In basic terms it is a disco where instead of 1 DJ playing at a disco, there are 3 playing at the same time. The
London in a Day
There is no denying it, London is a fabulous city in which to live, work or to visit. As a London guide I have few
Play a piano in Canary Wharf
If you missed the Play Me I’m Yours pianos in Canary Wharf in 2012 then this is your chance to play them! Play Me, I’m
