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I recently went on a wonderful historical walk around Forest Hill in South London. My exploration took me through the quirky Horniman Museum and Gardens and along part of the Green Chain Walk. You can see the map of my route and the stops below. Sights of Forest Hill The first thing I spotted in […]
Forest Hill To Honor Oak: A Quirky Historical Walk Read More »
Sometimes in history you get remarkable coincidences. Two adjoining Georgian townhouses in Mayfair were, amazingly, over two centuries apart, home to two great figures in musical history: George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix. Both lived at times of rapid change in London, both chose to move to London from other countries and both shook the
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I was recently lucky enough to be invited to have a look inside St James’s Palace. It is the royal palace with, traditionally, the least public access. That will however soon be changing, more on that below. The palace has been at the heart of Royal history for nearly five hundred years and naturally has
A Rare Look Inside St James’s Palace: The two Chapels Read More »
On the outskirts of the City of London you will find a series of fourteen dragon sculptures. You can see a map of their locations below. If you see one of these little sculptures you know you are crossing a boundary either into or out of the ancient City of London. This is the story
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I recently paid a visit to one of London’s most iconic shops: Lock and Co Hatters in St James’s. It is considered to be the oldest shop in London, but also is said to be the oldest hat shop in the world and is, amazingly, still run by the same family today. St James’s: Wealth
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