One lump or two
Looking back at my ramblings I do seem to have written a fair few regarding drinks, whether they be alcoholic or just restorative and...
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A really excellent tour. I’ve taken loads of walking tours in London but I learnt many new things from this one. Highly recommended.
LUCY : There's More To Moorgate
Two New Tours published in October, check out the tours page
Just taken the tour during a short break in London. I was amazed that there was so much more to the area of Westminster than parliament. The commentary and directions were easy to understand and there were a lot of interesting facts and story's.
John : The Power and The Glory
Steve Matthews
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Better than a curate’s egg
Don’t know about you, but my go to in the pub snack department is the good old pork scratchin’, nothing better with a pint. I’ve had a...
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Steve Matthews
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Who had the Lamb Bhuna?
Fancy a curry? Today you’ll be spoilt for choice, takeaways and restaurants have proliferate on our high streets for many years, but how...
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Steve Matthews
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Stop and have a cuppa
Sometimes you walk past a building and give it no attention whatsoever, it doesn’t matter how grand or humble it is, it just doesn’t ask...
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Steve Matthews
Dec 23, 20224 min read
Ham Yard, an apt setting
Philanthropy at Christmas comes in many forms whether it is sending money to an appeal, donating to a food bank or possibly even...
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Steve Matthews
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Can I have that to go please?
There is at the western end of Fleet Street an opening to an alleyway so small that it is often easy to walk past and not notice it is...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 26, 20226 min read
Greek Street, Then and Now
Greek Street, Soho I’ve always found Greek Street in Soho to be a bit of an oasis, if a slightly shabby one when compared to some of it’s...
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Steve Matthews
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Last chance to see… (well for a while anyway)
If you’ve never visited the Museum of London near the Barbican then you’ve got four months to do so as it’s closing. The museum will shut...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Mr Pattypan
It was not my intention to mention turtles again so soon after my last post on the subject titled Cowabunga dude, but I came across some...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 11, 20222 min read
Cowabunga dude!
“On the contrary! I had two flagons of claret and a double helping of curried turtle! I can assure you: it’s no holds barred with us at...
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Steve Matthews
Jun 10, 20222 min read
Dazed and confused
Sometimes London can leave me feeling slightly bemused, it is a city of contradictions, double meanings and inconsistency, but I always...
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Steve Matthews
Jun 6, 20224 min read
Dustbin Day
While looking at things underground and specially in the last two posts regarding the job known as Toshing, I came across references to...
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Steve Matthews
May 9, 20222 min read
What a Shambles
Shambles is a term for an open air slaughterhouse and meat market. Streets of that name were so called from having been the sites on...
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Steve Matthews
May 8, 20221 min read
See
One Word Sunday Brewer Street, Soho #Food #London #OWS #Walking
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Steve Matthews
Apr 15, 20222 min read
The Philpot Lane Mice
Question: What is the smallest piece of public art within the City of London? To answer that question let me take you back to the 1860s...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 21, 20225 min read
Two favourite things and one I detest.
Channeling the spirit of Maria from the sound of music, I’d like to share a couple of favourites things with you. I’m very partial to the...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 14, 20223 min read
The (Horse) Doctor Will See You Now
Last week saw the nuptials of the two inhabitants of Miscellany Mansions, so we now have a piece of paper to say we’re lifelong partners....
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Steve Matthews
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Stumped!
Aberdeen Place, St Johns Wood Ok, so not the most inspiring photo, but as they say, “Every picture tells a story”. What you’re looking at...
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Steve Matthews
Nov 27, 20211 min read
St Brides the original Wedding Cake
Six word Saturday St Brides church, Fleet Street It is said that St Brides was the inspiration for the first ever tiered wedding cake....
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Steve Matthews
Oct 22, 20213 min read
A sweet tooth
In a previous life I was involved in the processing and sale of sugar and associated products and so I’m always interested in sticky...
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