LET’S MEET the commuters of London Town But not the humans of dubious renown Who flood daily across the capital With faces pale and…
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Victoria, 6am (first day of lockdown) Road sweepers emerge in line From goodness knows where A convoy of refuse vehicles Files across Lambeth Bridge No-one is ready to admit defeat…
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Christchurch Gardens, Victoria Street How easy it is to pass them by Excuses fall willingly from the sky The charities speak with one voice They claim that some are homeless…
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Thanks for rebuilding our website! This is a little thank you to Rainmakrr for kindly rebuilding our site in such a fab way! If you are looking for a new…
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London History – The railway that ran dead on time This is a redundant track from the former Necropolis Railway which ferried dead bodies from Waterloo to Woking. Now that…
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Hackney’s open street art It is Open House this weekend except at Beck Road in Hackney where it is Open Street. The road, consisting of two almost eerily uniform rows…
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Secret London History – The magic of the River Wandle First visible source of the Wandle IF THERE’S ever been magic working on London’s rivers it is surely the Wandle…
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Secret London History – The lost past of St James’s Park station The former Niagara panorama and ice rink turned garage It is well known that Petty France, by St…
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Secret London History – London Bridge – the world’s most successful monopoly An early run of the Doggett’s rowing race . . . . . . . . . .…
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Secret London History: Waterloo – the bridge that killed off a rival John Rennie’s Waterloo Bridge – “the noblest bridge in the world” This is the story of two bridges…
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From this . . . . . . to this The sole remaining stanchion The original Crystal Palace – built in Hyde Park in six months to house the Great…
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Elephant and Castle station Shakespeare would have had to walk but we can visit the sites of three forgotten Elizabethan theatres – with not a plaque between them – by…
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The Goldman Sachs building, Farringdon Street GOLDMAN SACHS, the seriously rich US finance group, has just built a huge £1 bn office block on Farringdon Street just south of Holborn…
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The world’s first panorama LEICESTER SQUARE is not famed for its churches. An exception is Notre Dame de France. Built on the site of the London pad of the Earl…
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Sergio Verrillo (above), an American from Connecticut, prepares to taste the first draft of freshly barrelled Chardonnay from his new winery under a railway arch in Battersea. His Blackbook is…