London’s historical hidden gems
The Blitz was, of course, one of the great catastrophes in London’s history. The bombing campaign of the Luftwaffe from September 1940- May 1941 intended to destroy infrastructure involved in the war effort but also to demoralise British citizens enough for them to push the government to surrender. If anything, it had the opposite effect. […]
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Soho Square is usually pretty buzzing, with its famous neo-Tudor building in the centre (actually built in the 1920s to cover the entrance to an electricity substation below the square). Look away from the hut into the South East corner however and you will see a beautiful 18th century building, with the intriguing words ‘House
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In the middle of a very modern estate in Fitzrovia you will find something surprising: a little Victorian chapel. The Fitzrovia Chapel, a hidden jewel of a building, was built from 1891, designed by the gothic revival architect John Loughborough Pearson. Its surroundings unsurprisingly once looks very different however, as it was originally at the
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London is known for its world-class and often vast museums, but it is also full of smaller, lesser-known museums that are also well worth visiting and often give you a much closer connection with London’s past. One such place is Dr Johnson’s House at 17 Gough Square. It is a beautiful townhouse located on a
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In the heart of London’s East End, on Cable Street in Shadwell, you will find a dramatic and monumental mural. It depicts a battle that took place here in 1936 between furious London residents and the police who were protecting a march of the British Union of Fascists. The mural was commissioned to commemorate the
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