Why You Should Visit The Garden Museum
Posted on June 14, 2017
Newly re-opened, this Museum isn't just for the green fingered. Located in the oldest structure in Lambeth, here's why you should visit the Garden Museum ...
The 5 Geekiest Things I Found at the London Transport Museum Depot
Posted on April 26, 2017
Can you even call yourself a tube geek if you haven’t visited the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton? I went along for their Open Weekend...
The Foundling Museum: A Hidden Stockpile of Contemporary Art
Posted on February 28, 2017
The Foundling Museum tells the story of the UK’s first Foundling Hospital, an orphanage established in 1739 as a way of dealing with the rising numbers of abandoned babies. But it has a surprising link with contemporary artists...
Gavin Turk at Newport Street Gallery
Posted on February 21, 2017
Having been meaning to visit for ages I can confirm it’s worth a trip even for Contemporary Art sceptics (even if you just pop in to look at the restaurant and architecture!)...
Is This The Most Jaw-Dropping Room in London?
Posted on February 2, 2017
Leighton House was built for the Victorian artist Lord Frederic Leighton in the mid 1860s and it contains one of the most exquisite hidden gems of London...
The Bright Lights of Soho
Posted on January 3, 2017
There used to be a time when walking through Soho, you'd be bombarded by neon lights. They'd be offering sex, toys or girls, girls girls! I popped into the Member's Club aiming to bring back Soho's fun side....
Dennis Severs’ House: Inside London’s Strangest Home
Posted on December 30, 2016
Tucked off busy Bishopsgate is Norton Folgate, an enclave of forgotten 18th Century London. But surely the strangest address is that of number 18, Dennis Severs House....
6 Surprising Icons You’ll Find at the Design Museum
Posted on December 15, 2016
I'll be honest, I was pretty devastated when the Design Museum upped and left from Shad Thames. Does Kensington really need another museum? Despite this initial resentment, I managed to find some pretty epic surprises from everyday objects....
Mary Evans Picture Library
Posted on December 1, 2016
Ever heard of the Mary Evans Picture Library? I visited for the first time last week and it's pretty much a treasure trove of iconic images. What's a Picture Library? A private company, Mary Evans supply historic images for newspapers, exhibitions and TV documentaries, so basically a bricks...
Crossness Pumping Station: The Cathedral of Sewage
Posted on November 8, 2016
19th century London was a mess. The smelly, polluted and disorganised City just couldn’t reach an agreement about sewage. There were 8 conflicted independent commissioners in charge, who only cared about their own districts. But it did provide, in my opinion, London’s best-named public disaster… The Great Stink Summer...
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