Following yesterday’s post I’d looked up the Kentish Drovers Public House in the Old Bailey database. In all there were six cases...

….due to an incident. Next there are around 20 minute delays on the A2 Old Kent Road in both directions due to a large volume of cattle,...

I like oddities. I like finding out why they are odd, perhaps that makes me a little odd too? There’s this lamp post that’s sort of...

As a small child, no trip into central London would be complete without a visit to what for me at the time was the most magical place on...

Phillip Lindsay-Clark I’d never come across the sculptor Phillip Lindsay-Clark before, not until I found his signature on a great piece...

At a time when we are rightfully lauding the efforts of all NHS staff for their work during the pandemic I’d like to take you back to a...

Its funny how when you start to research a subject some fact or unknown story gets thrown into the mix worthy of further investigation....

Thought I’d take a quick look at three London urban myths. Whilst writing this I started to feel a bit bad about dispelling these myths...

Continuing with the toponyms while travelling the Northern Line eastern section. Stockwell: Recorded as Stokewell in 1188. The name can...

Windy Miller from Camberwick Green (1966) Aficionados of Camberwick Green will all know that Windy Miller was definitely a single guy...

Sadly, on average around thirty corpses are fished out of the River Thames each year. However, this is a dramatically reduced number when...

I was recently looking through a collection of paintings by the 18th century artist Canaletto. Some of views of London took my interest,...

One thing I’ve really missed during lockdown is riding the Tube, it’s been over a year since I last had the opportunity, so to try and...

I recently came across a 17th century location on the banks of the River Thames called Arnold’s Outlet (if you have the same puerile...

Medieval Chefs How do you taste London’s past? That’s an easy one and a subject close to my heart; food and drink. Of the two, drink is...

When it comes to the smell of London history there is a great repository of facts which relate mostly to the awful odours that were...

Following on from the post yesterday on touch, I’m going to try the sense of hearing. I thought this might be a tricky one, how do you...

I set myself a task today. I thought I’d try and write about London with regard to the senses. Seeing is a bit of an obvious one, but...

Let’s say you’re a subject of her majesty Queen Victoria, and are of the middle classes. You’ve travelled into the metropolis for the day...

The Dominion Theatre stands on Tottenham Court Road. Construction of the theatre began in March 1928 with a design by W and TR Milburn...