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....
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....
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....
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...
The highest part of Richmond Park is known as King Henry's Mound. As well as some good historic links it also claims to have an uninterrupted view of St Paul's Cathedral - 10 miles away!...
Created as a summer villa between 1748 and 1790, Strawberry Hill House is one of the earliest and finest examples of the Gothic Revival style. It's so brilliantly OTT that it's even coined its own style; Strawberry Hill Gothic. Just look at it. It's almost ridiculous in...
Since 2015 the National Maritime Museum team have been busy restoring Queen's House in Greenwich. Yesterday I joined the press view on a tour inside, so you can whet your appetite before it opens to the public on 11 October! Why's It So Important? Image by National Maritime Museums As part of Royal...
[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]Another Open House weekend has flown past in a blur of queuing and hidden London sights, every year I’m surprised at the sneaky parts of the City that are revealed, so here are my top five discoveries from Open House London 2016…[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] 1. CROSSRAIL’S FIRST...
Though it looks older, the present neo-gothic building by James GIbson's was completed 1913, the third courthouse to be built on this site since 1807. When this building was chosen to house the Supreme Court, the outside underwent a thorough clean and the interior were repainted...
From 29 June to 1 September 2016, Jorge Otero-Pailos’ ‘Ethics of Dust’ is on display at Westminster Hall. As a conservationist as well as an artist, Jorge’s work was commissioned by Artangel as part of the careful cleaning of this 900 year old UNESCO world heritage...