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Angels old and new

There is a famous painting from 1616 of a dream vision of St Paul’s cathedral as it should have been. The first picture is of it as it was then

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Victorian Secrets

Leaving Victoria Station immediately to the left is an Underground entrance. I was waiting for a recent walk to start there and suddenly noticed that metal panels surrounding them had

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Heavenly body

Walking to Aldgate yesterday I noticed an unusual sculpture inside a new office block – One Creechurch Place – and went inside to ask about it. https://www.buildington.co.uk/london-ec3/creechurch-place/one-creechurch-place/id/4333 The receptionists asked

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SS-GB-Art Deco

I surprised the staff in a Virgin Gym today by informing them they were working inside a planned Nazi HQ. This rather wonderful Art Deco building, known as Ibex House,

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Next stop Westminster

I am very pleased to announce that I have been accepted onto the City of Westminster Guides Course. It all started after one of my work offices in Victoria asked

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