London’s historical hidden gems
London is bursting with historic pubs. I have taken on the difficult task of trying to identify my top ten- there are so many good ones! I also could not resist including a few ‘honourable mentions’ at the bottom. Please do let me know in the comments what yours would be. Scroll down a map […]
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I have to admit, when I first started exploring London properly, I didn’t really get the Barbican, I couldn’t really understand why some people loved it. The more I have learnt about it and explored it however, the more fascinating and intriguing I find it. I am always interested to hear others opinions on it
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I was recently invited to have a look around the Royal Institution in Mayfair. Now having visited, I am rather ashamed to say that I previously knew fairly little about it, bar their famous Christmas lectures! It is a really fascinating spot and a must for history and science lovers alike. The Origins Of The
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Some of London’s loveliest green spaces are ex-churchyards and graveyards. Tucked away behind one of Bloomsbury’s terraces of grand Georgian houses you will find one such place: St George’s Gardens. All three of its entrances are down quiet side streets so it is not somewhere you would necessarily stumble upon. Read on for the history!
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Not many people know that tucked just off a busy road in Hackney is one of the last surviving Tudor houses in London. Sutton House has lived many lives over the centuries, going from a grand Tudor abode, to a school, to a trade union office and even becoming a squat in the 1980s. The
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