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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Bloomsbury is a lovely area for a spot of London exploration, with its literary heritage, beautiful Georgian architecture and leafy garden squares. Overlooking one such square, Russell Square, you will find the impressive Kimpton Fitzroy London hotel. Its many carvings and ornate decorations make it a real architectural feast for the eyes. I have admired
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The Museum of London Docklands has a new exhibition (until 1st March 2026) called Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London’s Lost Treasures. It is the UK’s first major exhibition about mudlarking and looks at lots of the amazing items that have been found on the foreshore of the river, as well as mudlarking as a
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Often in London and its history, things are not quite as they seem. Tucked down a secluded lane between the busy Strand and the Embankment, you will find the Strand Lane ‘Roman Bath’. It is, however, neither Roman, nor originally a bath. I recently managed to visit this particular spot when they had a free
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Nestled in the Chess Valley in Buckinghamshire, not far from Chalfont and Latimer Metropolitan Line station, is an attractive red-brick, neo-Tudor mansion. Called Latimer House, the site has a history stretching back centuries as an aristocratic manor house. It also has an extraordinary World War Two story, when it was used to house, and extract
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