Exploring one of the world's greatest cities
As the Coronavirus lockdown continues, many of you are no doubt turning to streaming services in an attempt to stave off the boredom. However, there’s plenty to watch free online too, and here is my London films and documentaries box set selection! Current crisis aside, we are fortunate to live in a world where access to…
For many Londoners Waterloo Bridge is a favourite landmark, famed for its panoramic vista which takes in a sweeping view of both Westminster and the city’s financial Square Mile. The view towards Waterloo Bridge In the late 1970s however this beautiful river crossing, along with some other London Cold War sites, gained a far more…
November 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event which effectively symbolised the end of the Cold War. Between 1945 and 1989 many cities found themselves under the shadow of the tense stand off between East and West. London was no exception and there are numerous sites in the…
When H.G Wells’ celebrated tale, War of the Worlds, was first serialised in Pearson’s Magazine in 1897, the world was powered by steam and Queen Victoria was still on the throne. Yet Wells had the foresight to envisage an alien invasion of Earth in which ultra-intelligent beings from Mars travel across the gulf of space in…
If you’re sightseeing in London, the idea of visiting a dark, disused tunnel probably isn’t going to be top of your bucket list. There is one such place in London however that’s certainly worth checking out: Leake Street (aka the Leake Street Arches). A little history Located just moments away from the London Eye, it…
