Last week, on 20th July 2026, a newly restored Grosvenor Square, one of London’s largest and most historic squares, was unveiled to the public. I was invited to meet with heritage consultant Cordula Zeidler, who advised on the project, and Fay Rajaratnam from the Grosvenor Estate, who showed me around. It was great to hear […]
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The Great Plague of 1665 was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain. London suffered the worst of it in terms of sheer numbers, where an estimated 100,000 people, around 15–20% of the city’s population, lost their lives. However one of the most remarkable stories of the epidemic took place, not in the
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Places like Sir John Soane’s Museum make me so grateful to live in London, with so much incredible history on our doorstep. To describe it as a hidden gem would be disingenuous really, because it is well known, and there is almost always a queue of visitors waiting outside. It is, however, undoubtedly a gem,
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Although sometimes overlooked, Fulham Palace is, I would say, one of London’s most remarkable historic sites. For one thing, few places in the capital can rival its extraordinary longevity: for more than 1,300 years it served as the London residence of the Bishop of London. The Bishop of London was a powerful figure, not just
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‘A Republic, if you can keep it’. These were the words of Benjamin Franklin when asked in 1787 whether the newly concluded Constitutional Convention had created a monarchy or a republic. 4th July 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the birth of the United States of America. I felt
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