A Slippery Tale
London’s relationship with eels is one of those wonderfully slippery stories that wriggles through every era of the city’s past,…
The Thames Bridge That Went To Africa
Everyone’s heard the story of London Bridge being shipped off to Arizona, but London has another great disappearing‑bridge tale —…
Five Years of Wandering: Why Self‑Guided Audio Tours Still Win
It’s a strange thing to realise, but it’s now been five years since I published my very first self‑guided audio…
Washing History
Back in 2020 the UK saw a spate of statue removals throughout the UK. Characters no longer deemed to be…
What did you get for Christmas Sam?
The Sam in question being Samuel Pepys, the answer is obviously a new diary. I decided that this year I’ll…
“Bah, humbug!”
I don’t normally go in for re-posts, but I thought with the impending festivities I’d climb into the loft and…
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting…..stolen!
I came across a seasonal tale recently, one that Charles Dickens if he’d been alive at the time might have…
London’s Christmas Curiosities
Did you know Christmas crackers were invented back in the 1840s by Tom Smith, a confectioner on Goswell Road? His…
Ham Yard, an apt setting
Philanthropy at Christmas comes in many forms whether it is sending money to an appeal, donating to a food bank…
Ticket To Ride
I thought I’d start off the countdown to Christmas a bit earlier than normal and interweave some new stories with…
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