......and then two come along at once
"Where was the first underground railway built?" Anoraks and general know it all's will sneer slightly at the simplicity of the question,...
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Steve Matthews
- Nov 24
- 3 min
Life's a beach
I recently came across an article on the BBC website regarding the photographer and artist Julia Fullerton-Batten. Julia recently won a...
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Steve Matthews
- Nov 19
- 5 min
The double life of Evelyn Hatton
James Hatton was a small unremarkable man, employed as a cinema usher at the local picture Palace, The Electric, near to his Flat in...
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Steve Matthews
- Nov 10
- 4 min
Shedding some light on the subject
We take the ability to see and function once the sun has gone down as a matter of fact thing, even possibly an inalienable right to have...
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Steve Matthews
- Nov 6
- 3 min
Alight at Holborn for the British Museum
"Excuse me", said the American lady, her I suppose husband hanging back a little sheepishly, "Can you direct me to the British Museum?"...
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Steve Matthews
- Oct 29
- 1 min
Some straws, but no camel
The Millennium Bridge which crosses the River Thames between St Paul's and Bankside has been shut over the last couple of weeks for it's...
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Steve Matthews
- Oct 20
- 3 min
An 18th century Argos?
Tidying up today, I came across a box full of my old business cards. It's a very old institution, presenting a card to prospective...
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Steve Matthews
- Oct 13
- 4 min
I like my bacon well done!
" I don't know of too many Wetherspoons which have toilets on the ground floor", said my eighty-nine year old Dad. Possibly not the...
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Steve Matthews
- Oct 7
- 5 min
The Countess of Auschwitz
Gloucester Road underground station is a rather perplexing combination of buildings. As you turn into Gloucester Road from Courtfield...
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Steve Matthews
- Sep 29
- 2 min
The Earl, his monkey and the policeman
Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, better known to you all as the 7th Earl of Onslow. At first I was going to say, "No, I'd never...
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Steve Matthews
- Sep 25
- 3 min
Necessity is the mother of inVENTion
I love to find things that are not quite what they appear to be. Given that there is a rather large subterranean London, the need to...
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Steve Matthews
- Sep 15
- 4 min
The Queen of clubs
Today 43 Gerrard Street in the heart of Chinatown is the site of the New Loon Fung Restaurant and supermarket. Chinatown as the area we...
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Steve Matthews
- Sep 10
- 1 min
If Only
This weeks post is a short one (thankfully) and was instigated by a photograph that I found in an archive. I'll leave you to draw your...
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Steve Matthews
- Sep 1
- 4 min
The God of requited love and the policeman
Following on from last weeks post The Angel of Christian Charity I left you with a teaser. In different circumstances the area of...
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Steve Matthews
- Aug 25
- 3 min
The Angel of Christian Charity
Let's start with a quick question. Unless you know or are related to one, how many members, serving or otherwise, of the Metropolitan...
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Steve Matthews
- Aug 18
- 2 min
The church, the rocket and Round the Horne
It's strange, you think you know somewhere and then out of the blue a fact turns up and the location takes on a different vibe. Take the...
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Steve Matthews
- Aug 13
- 3 min
"Whether they be in need of a clean or not"
I recently came across a story while I was researching a new audio tour set in the area of Clerkenwell. I've included it here as there...
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Steve Matthews
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Bacon Mania
Bacon, I’m lead to believe was invented by the Chinese, who salted pork belly to aid it’s keeping around 1500 BCE. Before the Industrial...
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Steve Matthews
- Jul 28
- 4 min
Pre(sise)ly the place for Royalty
On a roll with this terrible punning (if that's the proper term for it?) In the last post I possibly hinted at my dislike of a horrendous...
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Steve Matthews
- Jul 21
- 2 min
An In(k)spiring Story
Apologies, the terrible pun will be revealed as you read this post. If there's one part of the City which I personally despise, and I've...
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