Tag: Shaftesbury Avenue

A wet week in London; a walk from Soho to Victoria at dusk

How was your week? Mine was a bit of a wash out. Not only did it seem to always be raining, or threatening to rain, or else the…

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…

You can be as naughty as you want but don’t get caught. A sighting of Princess Di on Monmouth Street

I came into Monmouth Street looking for a scene sketched by Geoffrey Fletcher in his book The London Dickens Knew. That’s how sad I am. I collect old…

The Crown on New Oxford Street

When you come to the eastern end of Oxford Street and cross Tottenham Court Road you hit New Oxford Street which has the feeling of being “a bit…