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
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Jessie Matthews and the Brontosaurus
Probably best I explain from the beginning, Jessie Matthews was an actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career...
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Steve Matthews
Dec 16, 20225 min read
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting…..stolen!
I came across a seasonal tale recently, one that Charles Dickens if he’d been alive at the time might have woven into one of his stories...
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Steve Matthews
Dec 3, 20221 min read
Who Me? No I’m just fat
Six Word Saturday The Pregnant Man, 40 Chancery Lane WC2A Once the private drinking establishment of the advertising agency Saatchi &...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 5, 20226 min read
Clerkenwell
Today’s Clerkenwell is popular with creative firms and dotted with smart apartment blocks in converted warehouses. It has many good...
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Steve Matthews
Sep 2, 20224 min read
A tale of two halves
Do you sometimes get that feeling? The one where you know something is just not quite right, but you can’t put your finger on why. It...
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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
Jul 30, 20221 min read
Wrapped up just like a parcel
Six Word Saturday The Hoop & Grapes Farringdon Street. The Hoop and Grapes was built in 1721 on part of the historic burial grounds of St...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
I’ve just added the City of London Schedule of works and road closures website to my favourites. Not exactly bed time reading, but as I...
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Steve Matthews
Jul 3, 20223 min read
The Duke, his magician and a windmill
Old Jewry is a street that runs north to south connecting the Guildhall to Cheapside. In the 1600s an Inn used to stand at the north end...
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Steve Matthews
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Puggy Booth
Now there’s a name to go by. A tough Georgian bare knuckle pugilist, or a renown Victorian cricketer known for stubbornly occupying his...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 28, 20222 min read
A baby, but no bath water
John Strype Whilst rooting about in A Survey Of The Cities Of London and Westminster written by John Strype in the 1720s for some...
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Steve Matthews
Mar 11, 20222 min read
It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
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...
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Steve Matthews
Feb 10, 20222 min read
“Pssst, do ya fancy a freebie?”
“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,...
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Steve Matthews
Jan 23, 20221 min read
Heritage
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...
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Steve Matthews
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Getting it right
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...
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Steve Matthews
Jan 10, 20223 min read
Do two Doves make a Dule?
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...
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Steve Matthews
Jan 3, 20226 min read
ABC of City of London Wards
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,...
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