London SW7 is not the first place that comes to mind when you think of Elves and Pixies, but while researching a piece on the area I found that I was mistaken. The main link with this mystical world of the little people is the Elfin Oak in Kensington Gardens. The stump of this 900-year-old oak tree… Continue reading The Elvish Folk of Kensington Gardens
Tag: Folklore
A Tall Story, but a good one.
There’s not a more evocative street name in London than “Bleeding Heart Yard” nearby to the jewelry district of Hatton Garden. Charles Dickens knew it well, using it as the home and workshop of the impoverished plasterer Mr Plornish and his family in Little Dorrit, but there’s a more sinister and evil tale connected to… Continue reading A Tall Story, but a good one.
A LONDON MISCELLANY 