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Fancy a pint when you are waiting for your train at Waterloo Station? You could do worse than detour to The Hole In The Wall in Mepham Street….
Two very unlucky men lie at rest in this church at the top of Charlton’s hill. Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have been murdered….
It were that time of the year again. Hey up! The brass band playing hordes descended upon the Royal Albert Hall from their northern and western (and, whisper…
If you are looking for something to do in London that costs nowt you could worse than cross the Thames on the Woolwich Ferry. First some expectation management….
I walked south from North Woolwich under the Thames via the foot tunnel. Unlike its neighbour in Greenwich, this foot tunnel takes you from one rough and un-celebrated…
James I, the King Of Scotland, who also took over the crown of England when Elizabeth I died childless, had this house built for Sir Adam Newton who…
Before this summer I had never attended a Prom concert. Which, for a music lover who enjoys the classical variety, is a pretty poor showing. Even worse, I…
Deptford High Street on a Saturday afternoon. Still plenty of bustle and life, but its changing. The traditional market hangs on by its fingertips, there are still plenty…
Imagine living here on the edge of the Thames in a house that is not only beautiful but a couple of centuries old and shaped by the memory…
Great Portland Street is one of London’s original tube stations. It was part of the Metropolitan Railway line which was not just London’s but the world’s very first…