At 5 Great Newport Street (if you know where to look!) You’ll find a curious ‘Metropolitan Police’ hook. It’s a delightful little oddity whose existence is a bit of a mystery… Firstly, there are several interesting things to note on 5 Great Newport Street. It’s a...
Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched? It's not just that the UK has the highest density of surveillance devices (there's around 1 CCTV camera per 14 people) but around London you may have also spotted this familiar face: She's the Mercers' Maiden and you'll find...
A monument on Albert Embankment calmly states that it stands for everyone who lost theirs lives working as SOE (Special Operations Executive) agents behind enemy lines in WWII in Europe. However, there is only one women depicted; Violette Szabo, the youngest of the recruits who lived in Stockwell...
The new Fourth Plinth sculpture, Really Good by David Shrigley was unveiled this morning. It would take more than the wet and windy weather to dampen Sadiq Khan's spirits though...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1900 an 18 year old Lithuanian emigre Montague Burton arrived in Britain and borrowed £100 to set up a menswear business, selling bespoke and ready to wear suits in Chesterfield. By 1952, the year Montague died, there were an impressive 616 Burton stores in the...
On Sunday 10 April, 13 artists took on a 120 metre stretch of railway arches in Tower Hamlets, creating a project called Endangered 13. The project, organised by Human Nature and Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery, aiming to raise awareness of endangered species. This is emphasised by the line written above some...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The eagle-eyed among you may this symbol, featured on ever Westminster lamppost:[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="38px"][vc_single_image image="57448" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space height="38px"][vc_column_text]It's basically a fancy 'W' the symbol of the Duke of Westminster. So far, so usual.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="38px"][vc_column_text] BUT on the other side...
Have you ever come across these curious little sculptures? You can find them in Central London but they have to be seen to be believed...
This unloved pump in the churchyard of St Leonards, Shoreditch, might just hold a clue to the area's name!...
Built in 1730, have you ever had a close look at St George's Bloomsbury? It's probably the most unusual steeple in London...