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• Cathedral Lights

  

  The pandemic has spawned a small photography genre: London looking empty. I hadn't contributed much to it as I've hardly been into central London in the last... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Burnham-on-Sea's Tin Tabernacle

  

  Edithmead Church, just outside Burnham-on-Sea, is a small, slightly wonky-roofed building of a special kind: a 'tin tabernacle'. These fascinating buildings... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Updated - Important Subscription Info

  

  Have you subscribed to get new posts by email?If you're an existing subscriber, I've transferred the list to a new service. You should get the shiny new emails... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Important Subscription Info

  

  If you are already subscribed, thank you! However, if you use Feedburner, I've been notified that the service ends in July - so if you'd like to continue, pleas... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Street Signs

  

  London has an impressive diversity of street signs, as I was reminded today when this example on Deptford High Street caught my eye (much to the bemusement of... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• The India Club, Hidden Treasure

  

  You could walk along Strand and never realise it's there: unlike the grand gentlemen's clubs of Pall Mall, the India Club is tucked away upstairs in a hotel. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• London History on Demand

  

  Lockdown has been, to put it kindly, a mixed blessing. However, one of the bright spots is that talks previously only available to those who could listen in... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Olympia Warehouse Sunset

  

  Discussion about the development of Olympia Warehouse, part of Convoys Wharf in Deptford, has been going on for well over a decade. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (142): Fortescue Bros of Reading

  

  This ghost sign is tucked inside a covered alleyway off West Street, Reading - but it was worth stepping around the bins for. It (literally) points passers-by t... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Straight to the Point

  

  Today, just a little teaser for a forthcoming ghost sign post - because who could resist this lively manicule? Those fingernails! The thumb wrinkles! The cuff... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• A Stroll Through Sables-d'Or-les-Pins

  

  Let's go back to late summer, and stroll down the broad boulevard and elegant side streets of Sables-d'Or-les-Pins. This seaside resort in Brittany, France,... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• 313 Oxford Street

  

  Making a rare visit to a near-empty Oxford Street, I had the opportunity to get a phtograph of this fantastic late-Victorian building unobscured by passers-by. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Top Posts of a Strange Year

  

  2020 was certainly different, and this blog had its own uncharacteristic period of silence. The end-of-year round-up is therefore slightly smaller than... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Early Morning, Tower Bridge

  

  While we can't be out and about in London, here's a view of a favourite landmark: Tower Bridge, viewed from below as it opened one morning. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Gunpowder Square

  

  The name sounds suitably historical, the cannon dates from the reign of George III, but Gunpowder Square in the City of London is only in its 30s! As a plaque o... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• The Ruined Manoir De Coecilian

  

  On the coast of the beautiful Crozon peninsula in Brittany, just behind the neolithic Lagatjar alignments, is a ruined manor house with distinctive cylindrical... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• A Long History of Law Books

  

  Wildy and Sons bookshop in Lincoln's Inn isn't just located in a historical building; it is a historical business itself. It has been here since 1830, selling... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (141): Frome

  

  The Somerset town of Frome has some fantastic ghost signs. Probably the best are those collected on one corner building, 1 Bath Street, now an interior design... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Merry Christmas Crackers!

  The Christmas cracker seems ubiquitous in Britain at this time of year - in shops, on tables, and in seasonal illustrations. It's also a London invention:... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• It's Coming Back...

  

  After a lot of neglect, this blog is going to burst back into life! (Or slowly stumble back, at least.) Beginning with a seasonal snap* on 25 December, there... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2020 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY