A Bluffer’s Guide to … the Mansion House

Everything you need to know – and a few trivia facts you don’t – about an iconic building at the heart of the Square Mile

Grand Cafés of Edwardian London

It's time to celebrate some long gone but legendary London restaurants

All Creatures Great and Small

A not-very-heartwarming look at some of the more obscure animals to make their home in the Smoke.

The City’s Lost Midsummer Spectacular

Once one of London's great annual festivities, don't turn up for the Midsummer Watch this year - you'll be almost 500 years too late.

The ‘Belle Époque’ hotel built in 1914 … and 1937 … and 1962

The architectural style of a building can be deceptive. In the case of 252 High Holborn I know the truth that lies hidden behind the Portland stone facade because, dear reader, I worked there.

A Bluffer’s Guide to … Old London Bridge

Everything you need to know - and a few things you don't - about one of the most famous lost bridges in the world

The Shady World of Willy Clarkson

What stories can lie behind a simple blue plaque ... prepare to enter a murky world of blackmail, fraud and wig-making.

How to Talk in the Wild West

If you think the City has always been a well-governed place, think again

A Road By Any Other Name … Part 2

In need of entertainment, I've reached again for my copy of 'Street Names of the City of London'. It hasn't let me down ...

The Gaiety Theatre and the ‘Orchid Girl’ who never was

Surely, facts stated on a commemorative plaque are checked and rechecked before the plaque goes up. Apparently not.
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