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...

This bronze plaque commemorates the untimely death of Arthur P. Sullivan VC. It is mounted on the railings of Wellington Barracks,...

The Endangered Species Doorway by sculptor Barry Baldwin can be found at Grand Buildings, in Northumberland Avenue, near to Trafalgar...

Outside Green Park station work to relocate this statue and fountain is almost complete. Diana of the Treetops in new location outside...

The church of St James the Less stands on Vauxhall Bridge Road, just a short distance from Pimlico Tube. This month it will celebrate its...

These images show Tower Bridge under construction in the 1880s. At the offices of one of the original contractors, management had decided...

July 1st 2011 will mark what would have been Princess Diana's 50th birthday. For one Pimlico Curry House her memory is ever present. Many...

After many hours of tramping around Soho and the surrounding area, I have finally managed to locate all the "Seven Noses of Soho". This...

This water-fountain and statue that stood in The Green Park for over 50 years has been permanently removed from it's original location....