Sutton House: Hackney’s Tudor Home
Did you know that Hackney is home to a Surviving Tudor building from 1535? Come and explore Sutton House; East London's oldest home....
Did you know that Hackney is home to a Surviving Tudor building from 1535? Come and explore Sutton House; East London's oldest home....
The Widow's Son in Bow has re-established a Good Friday tradition dating back 126 years, a great quirky bit of East London history....
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Along Bermondsey Wall East, overlooking the Thames in SE16 is a collection of 4 happy statues known as Dr Salter’s Daydream.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]But the history of these figures are slightly more poignant than most…[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_single_image image="66241" img_size="large" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] WHO WAS...
Walking down Whiston Street today, it's largely the typical London juxtaposition of council, ex-council and flashy new-build housing. However one building, a grand public site that's now boarded off, caught my eye. [caption id="attachment_54492" align="aligncenter" width="768"] The building is topped with a gilded weathervane depicting the Gold...
London's only lighthouse can be found in a secluded part of the Docklands, but there's far more surprises in store if you go to visit....
The futuristic Crossrail Place Roof Garden opened its doors to the public in April 2015 and is the top level of the structure the – affectionately named – ‘Giant Robot’....
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][/vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column_text]A new sculpture trail for East London opened this weekend, stretching from Bow down to Greenwich and roughly following the Meridian Line, celebrating contemporary art.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="38px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]Let’s start by saying 1) it’s so new it’s not even finished yet,...