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• Ghost Signs (143): Ghost Bus Stops

  

  These ghost signs are rather unusual: they are not signs for businesses but for bus stops. They also have rather more barbed wire and broken glass above them... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• International Hall

  

  On Lansdowne Terrace, Bloomsbury, is a large hall of residence for University of London students. International Hall was opened in 1962, and remains a major hal... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• London Ghost Signs Get Their Book!

  

  If, like me, you love both ghost signs and books then you have probably felt the lack of a dedicated volume on London's signs. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• 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