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LondonLife – Paternoster Square from St Paul’s…
Looking down on Paternoster Square from St Paul’s Cathedral. The 23.3 metre tall pillar at the centre of the square is the Paternoster Square Column. Designed by architects Whitfield Partners (… more →
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LondonLife - Paternoster Square from St Paul's...
wrote 4 days ago: Looking down on Paternoster Square from St Paul’s Cathedral. The 23.3 metre tall pillar at the … more →
LondonLife: Clouds at St Pancras...
wrote 1 week ago: Lucy and Jorge Orta’s sculpture Cloud: Meteoros is the first sculpture to be unveiled for the … more →
10 Historic London Garden Squares…2. Parliament Square
wrote 2 weeks ago: Located in one of the most prominent sites in London, Parliament Square is these days perhaps best k … more →
Around London - Workhouse life; funds needed for Salter statues; and Saloua Raouda Choucair at the Tate...
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wrote 3 weeks ago: • Life as an inmate inside a Victorian workhouse is explored in an exhibition at the Florence Nighti … more →
10 Historic London Garden Squares...1. Leicester Square...
wrote 3 weeks ago: In the first of a new Wednesday series looking at historic London garden squares, we take a look at … more →
10 of London’s greatest Victorian projects – 10. The final wrap-up...
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wrote 1 month ago: For the final in our series on 10 of London’s greatest Victorian projects, we’re taking … more →
Lost London - Euston Arch...
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wrote 1 month ago: The original entrance to Euston Station, Euston Arch was not so much an arch as a colonnaded monumen … more →
Dr Livingstone honoured; David Bowie at the V&A; Damian Lewis receives Freedom; pocket parks; and, try a new sport...
wrote 1 month ago: • The President of Malawi, Joyce Banda, attending a wreath-laying ceremony at Westminster Abbey on T … more →
Where is it?...#60...
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wrote 2 months ago: Can you identify where in London this picture was taken and what it’s of? If you think you can, leav … more →
LondonLife - Yuri Gagarin relocates to Greenwich...
wrote 2 months ago: A statue of Russian cosmonaut and first man in space Yuri Gagarin has been relocated to the newly na … more →
Famous Londoners - Jane Austen...
wrote 2 months ago: It’s probably a bit of a stretch to call Jane Austen a ‘famous Londoner’ (although … more →
10 of London’s greatest Victorian projects – 6. Victoria and Albert Embankments...
wrote 2 months ago: We’ve already mentioned these two riverside embankments as part of our previous piece on Sir J … more →
Where is it?...#58
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wrote 2 months ago: Can you identify where in London this picture was taken? If you think you can, leave a comment below … more →
Where is it?…#55
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wrote 3 months ago: Can you identify where in London this picture was taken? If you think you can, leave a comment below … more →
Where's London's oldest...Thames tunnel?
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wrote 4 months ago: While the Greenwich foot tunnel may these days be more well-known due to the fact it is still open t … more →
Exploring London's 10 most popular posts for 2012 - 10 and 9...
wrote 4 months ago: And so the countdown begins… 10. LondonLife – Unveiling the Bomber Command Memorial. Marking t … more →
Treasures of London - The Burghers of Calais...
wrote 5 months ago: One of 12 casts made of an original which stands in Calais, France, this sculptural group commemorat … more →
Famous Londoners - Gog and Magog...
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wrote 5 months ago: Regular watchers of London’s Lord Mayor’s Show parade will be familiar with the two gian … more →
Where is it?...#51...
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wrote 5 months ago: The latest in the series in which we ask you to identify where in London this picture was taken and, … more →
