I visited the nearest church to my work today, St Margaret Lothbury, opposite the north side of the Bank of England. Some informal drop-in service was taking place, so I
A new exhibition at the Bank of England museum celebrates 325 years of its history in 325 objects, after it’s founding in 1694. It’s a fantastic exhibition and I will
The designer Thomas Heatherwick has long associations with London – not only designing Boris Johnson’s 2015 Routemaster bus, but also the Olympic Cauldron, used at the opening and closing ceremonies
The UK may be about to set a new temperature record, but as always the City does it better. Back in September 2013 the newly unveiled Walkie Talkie building’s unfortunate
Gin and the City of London have a long and dark history, summed up best in Hogarth’s dark satire Gin Alley (contrasted with the relative sobriety of Beer Street) http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150610-london-city-of-sin
Last year “City Matters”, the official City of London paper, published this letter I sent them. Dear City Matters team, I wanted to ask if you know anything about a
Occasionally when I am touring around No 1 Poultry I look back across the road and point out this bizarre item, appearing at each end of the building opposite. This
For fans of the steamy BBC series “Apple Tree Yard” this dark alley will be extremely familiar. It’s the yard itself, where the hero Emily Watson and the mysterious Ben
