A little while ago I wrote about a beautiful decaying window display in Bowes Park, London N22. Well, just around the corner from the...

As Spring approaches our thoughts turn to gardening, well mine do anyway. I have no garden, just an "area", so I am always on the...

In Bowes Park a pair of underpants are gently decaying in public. They have a fascinating and genuinely moving story to tell; now how...

High above the streets of a trendy North London suburb stands this prehistoric raptor known affectionately as "Ovi". Of course there has...

Over a billion Tube journeys were made last year. Many of these were repeat journeys, people taking the same route to work or study and...

Yesterday I was really saddened to see that Southwood Garden in Central London, has just been brutally redeveloped. The tiny Second World...

A brand new art exhibition/shop opened in Soho on Friday night (10th Feb) and after Valentine's Day, it will all be gone. Artist Anna...

A stunning new temporary exhibition of recent work by Emily Young has just been installed in Berkeley Square, Mayfair. Six gigantic heads...

In 1940 Sir Edwin Lutyens, President of the Royal Academy, formed a committee to prepare a report on the “ideal” possibilities that could...

In January 1940 Sir Edwin Lutyens, President of the Royal Academy (RA), invited architect members of the RA, and others, to form a...

I recently spotted this monster of a letter box, or more correctly letter-plate, in Manette Street, Soho. The aperture is a massive 21...

The excellent Londonist recently ran a feature on the Top 10 Lifts In London. I was surprised yesterday to discover yet another, little...

In Whitehall stands an equestrian statue of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. At Christmas-time, the horse is given a bale of hay and a...

Yesterday, the 19th December 2011, was the 160th anniversary of the death of J.M.W. Turner. At a small evening ceremony a wreath was laid...

I feel sure that most modern Londoners would associate the word Londonist with the all-encompassing London website Londonist. The one...

A new exhibition of paintings and drawings, London Souls by London artist Ed Gray opened in a crypt yesterday. I came across it purely by...

I will always remember where I was when I heard that Rick Buckley had revealed the secrets of The Seven Noses of Soho. I picked up a...

Glancing through "London of Today - An Illustrated Handbook for 1891" by Charles Eyre Pascoe I found a rave review of Mr Maskelyne's...

Arthur Cawston, ARIBA, was a lesser known Scottish architect with huge ambitions but thankfully little influence. In 1893 he published A...

Today I had my induction at The London Library. This induction wasn't compulsory but it proved to be a really useful introduction to this...