Anything relating to London’s museums: updates, information and reviews
2025 marks the 60th anniversary of one of London’s most essential services: the London Ambulance Service (LAS). Since 1965 the LAS has served the people of London, saving countless lives. I recently paid a visit to their headquarters near Waterloo Station. They have some interesting information outside the headquarters, available for all to look at […]
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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 recently went on a wonderful historical walk around Forest Hill in South London. My exploration took me through the quirky Horniman Museum and Gardens and along part of the Green Chain Walk. You can see the map of my route and the stops below. Sights of Forest Hill The first thing I spotted in
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Sometimes in history you get remarkable coincidences. Two adjoining Georgian townhouses in Mayfair were, amazingly, over two centuries apart, home to two great figures in musical history: George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix. Both lived at times of rapid change in London, both chose to move to London from other countries and both shook the
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The City of London, the financial district, is full of lesser-known historical treasures. The subject of this blog post though is not historical as such, but gives you a brilliant sense of the size, layout and architecture of London. I often recommend the models of London by NLA (New London Architecture), inside the London Centre,
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