Two New Tours published in October, check out the tours page

You may remember dear reader that on Monday I came clean about my recent book buying binge? Well another tome has just landed with a...

That’s how I usually explain away a purchase when it first arrives. As if anyone other than me is going to delve into a copy of a 19th...

One Word Sunday John Betjeman, St Pancras Station The statue of JB gazing up at the magnificent roof at St Pancras is a tribute for the...

Six Word Saturday Canada Water, London #6WS #London

I recently undertook a mini tour of mini museums. The use of the word mini is in no way derogatory, its just that in comparison to say...

Ossulston Street continues it’s life connected to Wilsted Street until the mid 1860s and would probably have stayed that way if it hadn’t...

The continuing hunt for the remainder of London’s abandoned pedway system. If you’ve made your way here via part one and part two, thanks...

So, hopefully you’ve arrived here from the first part of Pavements in the sky and have watched the video? If not, part two isn’t going to...

One Word Sunday 28 St John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, London The building was partly destroyed by a bomb from a German Zeppelin on the 18th...

Six Word Saturday Museum of Brands, Notting Hill, London #6WS #Art #London

I’ve been wanting to write on this subject for a long time, but never managed to find the time to do so, however I find that it’s too...

“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”. A little misleading perhaps, as lunches free or otherwise are not contained in this post,...

Usually a phrase you associate with the story of Dick Whittington, but in this case it has nothing to do with hearing the sound of bells...

One Word Sunday Greenhill Rents, Smithfield, London #London #OWS #OneWordSunday #SquareOdds #Art

15 squares at Pelican Stairs, Wapping Posted as part of Becky’s SquareOdds #London #SquareOdds

Six Word Saturday Barbican, February 2022 #6WS #architecture #London #Walking

I was reading an article recently about the Gran Telescopio Canarias, and it’s observatory based in the Canary Islands, which is...

A few weeks ago I posted about a piece of masonry that I’d found on the Thames foreshaw. Certainly it was from a high status medieval...

I look incredulously at people who have told me, “No I’ve never seen Star Wars” (substitute Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of...

One word Sunday Sun Fairies #London #OWS