Author: TheLondoniPage 17 of 28
There were two ponds here originally. Both man-made, the first had been single-handedly dug out by a local hermit in the fourteenth century, possibly as a hobby in…
A cold foggy day in the deliciously dead period between Christmas and New Year when London, emptied-out for the holidays, takes a breath and relaxes. My very favourite…
Fog fell on Hampstead Heath as I made my way towards The Spaniards Inn for a festive pint. Where two paths converged a couple of very old fashioned…
London is pretty much full of people who weren’t born here, including me, and I’m interested in where they came from. Whenever I take an Uber, I usually…
Just as the redundant docklands were transformed into a modern financial area – and more – in the 1980’s, so too King’s Cross has been changed almost beyond…
The man was sitting on the base of one of the pillars of the portico of St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden. He was taking his time over…
In the madness that is the current rebuilding of Tottenham Court Road station as part of the Crossrail development, there is one small oasis of calm. Tucked in…
Walking along Cleveland Street in the direction of the Euston Road there is a small Georgian house at no.22, now an old-fashioned shop selling buttons, with a black…
Nightingale Lane runs from Clapham Common to Wandsworth Common and was originally a rural track that local yokels used to drive their cattle from one common land to…
In the south-west corner of Covent Garden market you can still just about see the name of one of its early inhabitants. “Jas. Butler, Herbalist and Seedsman, Lavender…