If you have ever walked along the Southern edge of Kensington Gardens, you will have not been able to miss The Albert Memorial. An exuberant Victorian display of commemoration, it has got to be the most elaborate memorial, to one man, in all of London. It depicts a 14ft statue of Prince Albert, seated in […]
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Australia House is one of the buildings I have talked about for years now on my Hidden Strand: Power, Wealth and Empire tour. I had never however been lucky enough to see inside, until very recently. It is the Australian High Commission, i.e. the Australian diplomatic mission in the UK. It is not an embassy,
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I paid a visit to the Tower of London and was delighted to be given a tour by Minette Butler, one of the Assistant Curators. The tour specifically focussed on the Tower during World War Two: what surviving evidence is there of bomb damage at the Tower, how did its residents cope and what role
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Walk a few minutes North East from Covent Garden along Long Acre and you will turn the corner to be presented with one of the most impressive views of a building in London. Ahead of you is the stunning Art Deco masterpiece that is Freemasons’ Hall. Freemasons’ Hall is the headquarters of the United Grand
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The Worshipful Company of Insurers, one of the City’s livery companies, says that ‘London Insures the World’. It is safe to say that finance and insurance are crucial to the history of London and its place today as a global city. Lloyd’s of London has been at the heart of that story since the 1680s.
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