The little noticed frieze on Temple Bar Monument
Where once a mighty stone gate stood baring the entrance to the City of London now stands a tall ornate monument.
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The little noticed frieze on Temple Bar Monument
Where once a mighty stone gate stood baring the entrance to the City of London now stands a tall ornate monument.
World’s oldest clock museum to move home
The world's oldest clock museum has closed to the public -- because it is about to move home.
Did you visit the Temple of Mithras in 1954?
This September marks sixty years since the discovery of the Roman Temple of Mithras under a building site near to Mansion House in the City of London.
Brixton’s Electric Avenue to glow again
The first shopping street in the UK to be lit by electricity is to get a makeover after the Heritage Lottery Fund allocated a £2.6 million grant to refurbish buildings along the street.
Brunels’s original rail infrastructure excavated near Paddington Station
Remains of structures built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for his Great Western Railway have been unearthed near Paddington in west London.
Inside the derelict Crystal Palace subway
Just under 150 years ago, a subway was built linking a railway station to a shopping arcade, but was closed 60 years ago, and has been largely sealed up ever since. Which is a pity as it is a true marvel of Victorian brickwork.
100th anniversary of THAT famous poster
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the publishing of one of the most famous posters from WW1 -- the one of Lord Kitchener pointing a finger at the viewer telling them that their country needs them.
A temporary museum that chronicles the soon to be terminated permanence of a temporary housing estate has itself started to ape its subjects by becoming increasingly permanent itself.
150th anniversary of the Thames Valley Railway
Just under 150 years ago, a new railway line opened linking Shepperton to Twickenham. As with so many grand railway schemes, grand plans to expand it further came to nothing, but 150 years later, that little bit of railway is still there, and still very much in use.
The Illustrated London News goes online
The Illustrated London News -- that venerable newspaper that is still technically publishing, albeit very rarely -- has published something.
People abseiling down Big Ben’s clock face
Something to look out for -- as people will be abseiling down Big Ben's clock face next week
For 100 years, it’s been a Long Way to Tipperary
On this day, 100 years ago was the first reported observation of soldiers singing the music hall song, It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary, which was to become one of the most famous songs of World War 1.
TV show about London Underground’s flood barriers
Next week, the BBC's Coast TV programme will have a segment about the flood barriers that were installed on the London Underground at the start of WW2.
Visit a museum in the middle of an MoD firing range
A hundred years ago, a man died, and in doing so set in chain a series of events that was to see a large island off the coast of Essex sealed off from the general public, and it remains so to this very day.
A mighty memorial to the dead of WW1 in Canary Wharf
Somewhat hidden at the moment, around the back next to a fire exit, can be found a mighty memorial to those who died during the two great wars of the last century.
Remembrance Wreaths being lain at London Transport locations today
If you travel around London today, keep an eye out for remembrance wreaths laid at key transport locations -- in memory of transport staff who died in WW1.
Early this morning, 300 years ago, Queen Anne died, and set in place the events that would lead to the Georgian era of Monarchs.
This Friday — visit the Clown’s Museum in Dalston
For a good many years, once a month, the clowns come out to play, but not any more. A church they played in has turned into a school, so the clowns are in a side room.
How Charing Cross railway station was nearly demolished
Earlier this year I noted the 150th anniversary of the opening of London's Charing Cross railway station, but it came very close to being a eulogy for a long since closed station.
A macabre relic of mass murder can be found sitting, almost unnoticed in the posh entrance of a London hotel.
Enduring War: Grief, Grit and Humour
A modest but thought provoking exhibition has opened at the British Library that looks at the letters sent and propaganda printed during World War One.
Rare opening of a Roman Bathhouse in London
Hidden underneath an uninspiring City office block is one of London's most important roman ruins, and it has a rare open day tomorrow (Sunday).
Upminster Windmill gets restoration funding
One of London's surviving windmills is to be saved, following the award of a £1.4 million grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
30 years ago today – smoking banned in London’s tube trains
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the banning of smoking in London's tube trains. Not a total ban on the entire underground, just inside the trains, a decision which was to have tragic consequences just a few years later.