Exploring one of the world's greatest cities
Update – please note that this exhibition at the National Archives has now finished. However, continue with my post below to see my personal highlights from it. In addition, my further Cold War posts include: * London’s Cold War Spy Locations * London True Crime: The Umbrella Assassination * London’s Cold War Bunkers *Bloomsbury: Where the…
The Romans founded London almost 2000 years ago. Emperor Claudius established Londinium, as it was originally known, between AD43 and AD50. Due to the ravages of time little exists of early Londinium today but, if you know where to look, there are some intriguing pockets of Roman history hidden around London’s historic Square Mile. Take my…
London is packed with museums, many of which are world renowned. Whilst institutions such as The British Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert are certainly not to be missed, there are many smaller, more unusual museums which are equally worthy of attention. As an added bonus these quirky London museums are…
Following on from my recent review of Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at the London Design Museum, here are 31 of my favourite items which I found on display. This selection reflects my own particular interests- and a very small percentage of the exhibition’s total artefacts. If you’re keen to see more, I would highly recommend…
Update – this exhibition has now closed but you can still see my 31 top picks and personal favourites of the items on display. Despite the cannon of work he created between the 1950s and 1990s being relatively small, it goes without saying that Stanley Kubrick was one of the 20th century’s greatest film directors….
