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• On Tower Beach

  

  The piece of Thames foreshore directly in front of the Tower of London, once Londoners' own bit of seaside, is now generally closed to the public. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Deptford in South Bank

  

  This summer, the South Bank Centre is holding a Festival of Neighbourhood. As well as asking visitors general questions about what makes a neighbourhood, it... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (94): Tea, 2D Per Cup

  

  If you're on the platform of East Ham underground station today, then you'll only have a cup of tea if you brought it with you. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Clocks, Bells and Spiral Stairs

  

  The Breton town of Dinan is at the tidal limit of the river Rance, and this favourable position made it a wealthy trading town in the middle ages. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• France Via Leicester Square

  

  Notre Dame de France is a Catholic church on Leicester Place, just off Leicester Square. Its exterior is perhaps interesting rather than exciting, but the... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Army Medicine in Paris

  

  Paris is well-supplied with grand buildings, among them the less well-known Hôpital du Val-de-Grâce. Accessed through a side-street and facing onto a small... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Barons Court

  

  Even passing through Barons Court underground station, there are eye-catching features, including its unique benches and the apparently-missing apostrophe. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (93): Blackheath Road

  

  I've been up and down Blackheath Road any number of times, but hadn't spotted this ghost sign until I walked past it a few days ago. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (92): Repairs of Every Description

  

  This sign is in the Preston area of Brighton - a village officially incorporated into the seaside town in 1928. Thus the telephone number at the bottom of the... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• From Pillar to Pump

  

  This rather unusual pump is in Montagu Square, Marylebone. (It's not unique: there's a very similar one in neighbouring Bryanston Square. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (91): Women Only

  

  At the weekend, I explored part of the New River - celebrating its 400th birthday later this year - on a walk with Peter Berthoud of Discovering London. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Weird and Wonderful Weathervanes

  

  London is full of weathervanes, many of them unusual in some way. Here are just a few, starting with a rather special one in Woolwich. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• All Saints, Margaret Street

  

  Just behind Oxford Street, an architectural masterpiece and peaceful retreat from the commercial bustle stands in a small courtyard, alongside a vicarage and... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (90): Bexleyheath

  

  This sign in Broadway, Bexleyheath is one of those unusual examples which has been both preserved and obscured by a later building. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Good Deeds at the Foundling Museum

  

  Over a thousand white cups and saucers are laid out on five long tables. Actually, that's not quite accurate: some saucers are all alone, their cups missing. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Caisson to Concert Hall: the Thames Tunnel Shaft

  

  I've taken the train through Marc and Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel many times; on one memorable evening I even walked through it. However, I've always entere... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Nursemaids' Tunnel

  

  Park Crescent is an elegant, curving terrace of houses just off Marylebone Road. It was designed by John Nash, and built between 1806 and 1821 (thanks to a brea... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• The Unification of Time

  

  This clock and plaque are an interesting, if enigmatic, reminder of France's complex history of time. They are attached to an official building on the Avenue... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

  

  The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United Kingdom - the final court of appeal. It used to be known as the House of Lords (although its role was not t... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs 89: Return to the Loire

  

  When my parents went on holiday to the Loire and Vienne regions, they knew that they needed to look out for more than chateaux! Indeed, they did a good job,... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY