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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The Victorians really knew how to do a town hall. I paid a visit to one of the most spectacular: Shoreditch. Shoreditch Town Hall has an amazing history involving Jack the Ripper, the Suffragettes and the Kray twins, as well as being a place of entertainment, administration and community in the East End for over
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Hampstead Heath is a wonderful place to feel like you have truly escaped the tumult of London. A sandy ridge, looking out over London from the North, Hampstead Heath covers around 800 acres and has a multitude of landscapes including ponds, hills, ancient woodland and open heath. It is a place where you can wander,
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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
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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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