Anything relating to London’s museums: updates, information and reviews
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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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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I recently went on a preview Behind the Scenes tour of Tower Bridge. This included going across the famous glass walkways at the top but also down into the cavernous bascule chamber below the South tower. A Quick History Of The Bridge In the 1800s, the population of London skyrocketed from roughly 1 million in
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The Imperial War Museum has a fantastic new exhibition called Spies, Lies and Deception, on until the 14th April 2024. It is totally free and is all about secret agents, derring-do and intrigue over the last century. With over 150 items, it is one of the biggest exhibitions the museum has ever done, it has
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London, at its heart, is a Roman city, founded just after the Roman invasion in 43AD. Many Roman remnants survive today including sections of the wall, a temple and bathhouses. An important Roman town also needs an amphitheatre. It was assumed that Londinium, as the Roman city was known, must have had an amphitheatre but
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