London’s forgotten cockpit In the 1530s Henry Vlll took time off from closing the monasteries to build a private cockpit for himself and his royal buddies. It was to become…
The Chapter House of Westminster Abbey, arguably, is the most important small building in the country. It is interesting enough in its own right before looking at what happened later.…
The Abbey seen from the shadowy garden When Francis Bacon wrote: “God almighty first planted a garden” it was in 1627 some 600 years after the creation of the nearest…
OF ALL the monuments in London, Cleopatra‘s Needle is the most misnamed and misplaced. It is not a needle, it is an obelisk. And it has nothing to do with Cleopatra as…
Westminster Palace Hotel (left) and Royal Acquarium (right) Imperial Theatre Few London scenes have changed…
Where to begin? From where you are looking the weather-beaten lawn on the left (above) conceals hundreds of bodies including William Caxton, whose printing works were nearby, Wenceslaus Hollar,…