How the citizens of the City of London created unique identifiers to help differentiate the 100+ churches in the Square Mile.
Category: <span>Curiosities</span>
Having earlier written a post based entirely on architecture related to cars, I’ve now tried my hand at something similar for man’s best friend.
With tongue at least partially-in-cheek, let me propose three possible post-Covid business opportunities in the heart of the City.
Tales of disaster, shootings and musical comedy – an everyday story of a London corner.
Nothing to do with fleas, nor even the plague. Instead, I describe another two of those administrative curiosities that London seems to specialise in – the Inner and Middle Temples.
Never mind your local supermarket petrol station, London has some architectural gems created in the service of the internal combustion engine.
Mainly through newspaper reports of the time, I tell the story of a vast canteen for the poor, born of philanthropic zeal at the turn of the 20th century.
Inquire within upon all, or at least some, things that link London and chocolate. From Samuel Pepys drinking the stuff to settle his stomach, to modern artisan chocolatiers and daring restaurants.
A post for devotees of municipal governance. Welcome to a world of Freemen, Liverymen, Councilmen, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Aldermanic Sheriffs and a Lord Mayor, in a city that is home to less than 10,000 people.
The Tower of London survives in all its glory; the lost Baynard’s Castle and Bridewell Palace are well-documented. So I’ve decided to write a short post on the long-forgotten Tower Royal. It has to be short because there’s next to no evidence …