Peter Berthoud
London's Longest Running Window Display
A little while ago I wrote about a beautiful decaying window display in Bowes Park, London N22. Well, just around the corner from the...
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Peter Berthoud
Feb 29, 2012
London's Naughtiest Planting Troughs?
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...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 28, 2012
The Most Interesting Underpants in London
In Bowes Park a pair of underpants are gently decaying in public. They have a fascinating and genuinely moving story to tell; now how...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 27, 2012
"Ovi" London's Legendary Egg Eating Dinosaur: Existence Confirmed!
High above the streets of a trendy North London suburb stands this prehistoric raptor known affectionately as "Ovi". Of course there has...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 17, 2012
On Owning Pimlico Tube Station
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...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 15, 2012
Garden of Remembrance Desecrated in Piccadilly
Yesterday I was really saddened to see that Southwood Garden in Central London, has just been brutally redeveloped. The tiny Second World...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 11, 2012
Monochrome Flowers Bring Valentine's Colour to Soho
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...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 10, 2012
Head Turning Exhibition in Berkeley Square
A stunning new temporary exhibition of recent work by Emily Young has just been installed in Berkeley Square, Mayfair. Six gigantic heads...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 7, 2012
The Royal Academy's Wartime Vision for a New London
In 1940 Sir Edwin Lutyens, President of the Royal Academy, formed a committee to prepare a report on the “ideal” possibilities that could...
Peter Berthoud
Jan 31, 2012
The Royal Academy's Plan for London 1942
In January 1940 Sir Edwin Lutyens, President of the Royal Academy (RA), invited architect members of the RA, and others, to form a...
Peter Berthoud
Jan 23, 2012
London's Largest Letterbox
I recently spotted this monster of a letter box, or more correctly letter-plate, in Manette Street, Soho. The aperture is a massive 21...
Peter Berthoud
Jan 13, 2012
Uniquely Enlightened in Mayfair
The excellent Londonist recently ran a feature on the Top 10 Lifts In London. I was surprised yesterday to discover yet another, little...
Peter Berthoud
Dec 29, 2011
Duke of Cambridge Puts on the Feed Bag in Whitehall
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...
Peter Berthoud
Dec 20, 2011
A Wreath for Turner and an Unmet Deadline
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...
Peter Berthoud
Dec 16, 2011
Londonist's Amazing Victorian Heritage Revealed
I feel sure that most modern Londoners would associate the word Londonist with the all-encompassing London website Londonist. The one...
Peter Berthoud
Dec 14, 2011
London Souls Enliven Crypt
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...
Peter Berthoud
Oct 13, 2011
The Seven Noses of Soho: The End of an Era
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...
Peter Berthoud
Oct 6, 2011
Rave Review - But £650 a Ticket?
Glancing through "London of Today - An Illustrated Handbook for 1891" by Charles Eyre Pascoe I found a rave review of Mr Maskelyne's...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 26, 2011
A Man with a Plan for London
Arthur Cawston, ARIBA, was a lesser known Scottish architect with huge ambitions but thankfully little influence. In 1893 he published A...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 18, 2011
The London Library: If Carlsberg did Libraries
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...
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