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Tucked between Mayfair to the South and Regent’s Park to the North, Marylebone is one of London’s most elegant areas. Today its beautiful, well-preserved Georgian and Victorian streets are lined with chic independent shops, cafes and restaurants. But what is the history behind it and where does the name come from? A Riverside Hamlet Marylebone […]
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The City of London is full of little details, symbols and historical remnants, many of which people miss. One I enjoy pointing out on my walking tours are these lampposts outside the Royal Exchange. They carry a unique set of symbols… The Bank Junction The junction outside the Royal Exchange is a real confluence of
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On Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in Holborn, is what has got to be one of London’s most unusual, at times slightly unsettling, but totally fascinating museums. It is called the Hunterian Museum, part of the Royal College of Surgeons, and is filled with artefacts and specimens from the worlds of surgery, medicine and natural history. The
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Walking through St James’s Park you will no doubt, to the North, spot the gleaming, cream facades of Carlton House Terrace. The buildings on Carlton House Terrace are not only some of the best examples of late Georgian architecture in London, but also house a number of interesting institutions, art galleries and offices. I recently
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The view up the street St Mary at Hill in the City of London is one of my favourites. A cobbled street winds gently uphill from Lower Thames Street to Eastcheap. You can see two churches, Sir Christopher Wren’s St Margaret Pattens, with its wizard’s-hat gothic spire, at the end. On the left is St
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