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• The Subterranean Passage Below Albertopolis

  

  Heading to The Royal College of Music last week, it was a bit wet and windy* above ground so I made use of the pedestrian tunnel that links South Kensington... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2026 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Names Behind the Letters on 161-167 Euston Road

  

  I have lost count how many times I have looked at the building at the corner of on Euston Road and Upper Woburn Place, today occupied by Prezzo and Barry's... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2026 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Finding Elements of the Nativity in London's Streets

  

  Wandering around Mayfair on Monday looking at Christmas decs, I noticed there is a gated cul-de-sac on the western side of Davies Street called Three Kings Yard... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World at NPG – It's All in the Details

  

  I finally found time to see the excellent Cecil Beaton show at The National Portrait Gallery. Ooh it's lovely. We often think of him merely for his 1950's... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Two Tottenham Ghostsigns

  

  Heading to Bruce Castle from the High Rd on Saturday I checked up on a few things at the western end of Bruce Grove – the repurposed toilets, the old cinema,... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• I'm Truly Appalled – the Willen House Transformation is Worse Than I'd Imagined.

  

  This is the latest update about the 'renovation' of Willen House, a spectacular and rare example of of 1940's architecture that was opened by the then Mayor of... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Art Deco: the Golden Age of Poster Design at The London Transport Museum

  

  A colourful new exhibition opens today at The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden displaying over 100 posters from the 1920s and 1930s interspersed with... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Lots to See at ING Discerning Eye 2025 Art Exhibition at The Mall Galleries –...

  

  One week / c750 artworks – Free admission, no booking requiredDiscerning Eye at The Mall Galleries – Enter via the first door nearest Admiralty ArchThu/Fri/Sat... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• It's World Toilet Day – Carnaby Street in Inconvenienced

  

  Today is World Toilet Day, an unofficial United Nations day designed to raise awareness for the need for publicly accessible toilet facilities. Surely this... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• J. Troake, Straw Chip & Leghorn Presser – is This London's Oldest Ghostsign?

  

  Ah Spitalfields... it's ever-changing and there's always more to discover... Heading towards the market from Shoreditch High Street last Sunday, I turned into... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Kensington Gardens – Strange Chestnuts and up Close at the Albert Memorial

  

  Saturday 8th November was a glorious day weather-wise – a perfect day for the Lordy Lady Mayor's Show, but this year I had something else to do – I had an... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Deco-tastic Wander Around Claridges at Christmas – Sensational and Slapdash

  

  A couple of weeks ago I attended an Art Deco-themed event at Claridges when the stylish and ever-young Virginia Bates showed us a selection of some of her Jazz... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Religion and Rembrandt and Black Black BLACK at Dulwich Picture Gallery

  

  After visiting the wonderful Anna Ancher show last week I skimmed the artworks in the other rooms. There are some corkers to be found – every rime I visit I spo... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Delightful Details on the Palais De Danse Ghostsign at Hammersmith Station

  

  First of all, sorry about the dodgy photos – these were taken on two occasions using my phone. I really ought to have returned with a better camera but at... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Painting Light – Anna Ancher at Dulwich Picture Gallery

  

  The curators at Dulwich Picture Gallery have done it again! They've pulled together yet another fabulous collection of artworks by yet another artist who often... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Edwardian Era Architectural Trompe L'oeil at 386 Oxford Street – Linen, Jeweller...

  

  Here's another one that's been festering in my 'To Do' folder for way too long...Until 2023, 386 Oxford Street was a Dr. Marten's Store, but I wonder how many... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Ha-ha. Very Funny Mr Bridgeman.

  

  Last week, on Londonist Time Machine, Matt wrote about some the wornderful details depicted in the Balloon View illustrative map of 1851. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Fancy Filigree 4-sided Forged Fencing

  

  Continuing from my last post about an unusual gatepost in Notting Hill, it's no surprise that I have since been scrutinising any similar forged railings and... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Very Unusual Gate Post in Notting Hill and Other Lovely Things in Holland...

  

  At the southern end of Clarendon Road, a few minutes' walk from Holland Park station, I happened upon a strange gate post outside number 31. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Hat & Feathers, Clerkenwell – Another Ghostsign Deciphered

  

  The Hat and Feathers, public house and restaurant, No2 Clerkenwell Road, at the junction with Goswell Road, has finally reopened after sitting empty (again)... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2025 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS