Apparently an idiom by Ovid, but then his mate Aesop said “Good things come in small packages”. I’m inclined to side with both...

The “Iron Duke”, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, National Hero, Soldier, Politician and Prime Minister, what a guy! Its only...

You may have read my post last Friday regarding the Elizabethan building that was discovered when a bomb exploded near to it during a...

City of London Police Box For someone who spends a lot of time walking the streets of the City of London in search of interesting and...

St Bartholomew’s Gatehouse in Cloth Fair is definitely a fine old Elizabethan building. Well that’s not strictly true. It is and it...

The Egyptian styled Art Deco temple to journalism that was once the former home of the Daily Telegraph is located on Fleet Street, and...

Going through my photo collection the other day, I came across a visit I made a couple of years ago to 55 Broadway. The building was...

No history in today’s post, just a blatant piece of self promotion. As some of you who read my ramblings may know, I run a guided walking...

This fine piece of street art stands just yards away from Southwark underground station in south London, but what does it mean? It is a...

A little late I know but in true Trumpian style here’s a couple of fanciful facts bandied around as the truth. Fact: There is only one...

Who lives in the tallest house in the City of London? The answer to that is I don’t know, but it matters little who lives there, the more...

Paul Pindar was born in 1565 the second son of Thomas Pindar of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Wellingborough...

looking slightly incongruous on the old City of London thoroughfare, Eastcheap, a Bedouin and his camel train head eastward presumably...

I was standing on the corner of Eastcheap and Lovat Lane the other day, when I happened to see a Bedouin tribesman and his three camels...

I recently wrote a piece titled Left High & Dry on how the River Thames has been restricted over the years by the widening of its banks....

One of the most visited performance venues of the late eighteenth century was Astley’s Amphitheatre. It was situated close to Westminster...

Thought I’d have a go at Six Word Saturday Lombard Street was known for its signs as well as its financial institutions. There were 138...

Sounds a bit like a 70s TV crime drama, starring Edward Woodward, but this is no self styled vigilante. I had never heard of the person...

A rainy evening in 1960s London, the pavement glistens with the reflection of the lights on Park Lane as Harry Palmer skirts round the...

Things of interest don’t always come with a label or a sign saying “Look at me”. I’m not sure how many times I’ve walked past this...