Tag: 2020

Arthur Beale

Is this the most bizarre shop in land-locked Central London? Arthur Beale sounds like a character from Eastenders but is in fact an ancient Ships Chandlers, located on…

Lock & Co

(This is another entry in my series on London’s shops.) It is an extraordinary front door. Gnarled and chipped, seemingly much-repaired, but also smartly painted in a business-like…

On Golden Square

I had a minor operation to fix a problem with my knee earlier this week. The injury has meant that I haven’t done much walking of late and…

A summer’s day at St John’s Gate

My visit to St John’s Gate, the last remaining part of the old Clerkenwell Priory.