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Six Word Saturday Murals by Dorothy Annan Originally commissioned by the Ministry of Works in 1960, these nine ceramic panels feature...

I wouldn’t call myself an ardent fan of jazz music, but on the odd occasion I like to put on some John Coltrane or Thelonious Monk in the...

History will have many instances of people who possibly from birth have been groomed to hold a lofty position within society. They go to...

One Word Sunday There has been a pub at this location since 1538, which burnt down during the Great Fire in 1666. It was one of the first...

Six Word Saturday Hanging Sword Alley, London #6WS #London #Walking

A phrase usually attributed the Queen Elizabeth I, but whether she actually said it is anyone’s guess. As far as public beheadings in the...

Any Ideas? Errr….No Last week I went for a wander along the Thames Path from Westferry DLR station to Tower Bridge. This took me through...

One Word Sunday Alfred Hitchcock Statue of the rather Buddha like Alfred Hitchcock in what was the Gainsborough film studios in...

Six Word Saturday #6WS #History #London #Walking

Pedant: (noun) A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules. I’m afraid I’m one of those people who shouts at the...

Dule: Collective noun for a group of Doves. It’s funny how things creep up on you. I’d finished writing my last post about the book...

And the word was “Doves“. I was skimming through a book that I was given for Christmas, the excellent A Field Guide to Larking by Lara...

This is the fifth post about the wards that make up the the City of London. These links will take you to the post about Aldersgate,...

Six Word Saturday On a recent wandering I was walking along a small street called Whetstone Park which runs parallel between Lincoln’s...

Samuel Pepys The Sam in question being Samuel Pepys, the answer is obviously a new diary. I decided that this year I’ll try and read each...

Graffiti is part of everyday life it seems. It annoys some and delights others. It can we witty and insightful or plainly banal and...

“Oh no he isn’t, oh yes he is”. Sorry but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to slip in a pantomime reference considering the time of...

The Maughan Library Not a flake of snow or a plump robin to be seen in the picture above, but this grand building in Chancery Lane is...

I don’t normally go in for re-posts, but for reasons better known at the time I posted this in January, so thought with the impending...

I suppose I’m lucky, I take a very laid back approach to Christmas, that is it’s all done by the end of August! So the “To do” list in...