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I’ve had an interest in the English Civil War for some time, but have never really got to grips with it, that is until this Christmas...

Philanthropy at Christmas comes in many forms whether it is sending money to an appeal, donating to a food bank or possibly even...

The answer can only be found in one place and that is the inside of a Christmas cracker, for it is one of the many terrible jokes that...

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...

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...

This is a story despite the title about one person. Marguerite Marie Alibert was born on 9 December 1890, in Paris to Firmin Alibert, a...

Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an...

It’s a chilly mid morning in November 1883 and you have just sat down at the table to enjoy a morning coffee in your flat at number ten...

This year saw the 356th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. The whole event is shrouded in misinformation, untruths and supposition....

One Word Sunday The Seven Ages Of Man The Seven ages of man monologue in William Shakespeare’s play ‘All the World’s a Stage’ depicts the...

The saying goes “After the Lord Mayor’s show comes the S**t cart“, in more polite circles this can be changed to “Dust cart or even...

At the Lisson Grove end of Marylebone Road you will find Westminster Magistrates Court. What to my mind is a rather drab building has...

The National Lottery started in the UK on the 19th November 1994, however, this was not the first nationwide lottery to be run in...

Good manners prohibit me from finishing the title, but what I’m striving for is the full repertoire of inuendo and verbal abuse that some...

The London Eye has dominated the skyline of Lambeth for over twenty years. This 135 metres (443 ft) tall wheel has a diameter of 120...

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...

I was sitting in Fitzroy Square recently having a sandwich and playing a memory game. The square, located near to Regents Park has always...

I was stopped the other day by a couple of tourists asking for directions and I outlined the quickest route to their destination, which...

So what do you think you know about Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London? The story goes that an impoverished Whittington made his way...

The phrase is often attributed to Queen Victoria and has passed into common usage to note perceived strait-laced stuffiness, bolstering...