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. […]
Coffee And Commerce: Visiting The Amazing Lloyd’s Building Read More »
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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The foreshore of the Thames is a generally very overlooked part of the city. If you are walking along the embankment at low tide, peer over the wall down to the riverside and you may well spot a few characters wandering along, necks craned downwards, eyes scanning the sand, shingle and mud beneath their feet.
When I went Mudlarking On The Foreshore Of The Thames Read More »
Skimming over the East End of London on Google maps (or your maps provider of choice), you will notice the generally pretty jumbled, but organic, street pattern. Winding roads, little lanes, diagonals and dog-legs. This is an area that has been developed piecemeal over the centuries, with no overarching organisation. That is until you come
Visiting The Site Of One Of Victorian London’s Worst Slums Read More »
I have written a lot since starting this blog about many of the amazing green spaces in London. They often have fascinating histories, some going back centuries, some going back just a few years. Some of my favourites are places such as the Phoenix Garden near Seven Dials and the Onion Garden in Westminster, that
An Inspiring Community Campaign: The East London Waterworks Park Read More »