London’s Alleys: Royal Exchange Avenue, EC2

Although today it's largely a wide open alley, it was once a classic of the area, narrow and winding between rows of narrow Victorian buildings.

Inside the Royal Exchange

Just outside the Bank of England sits the Royal Exchange, a Victorian building that was one of the first to use concrete in the UK on a large scale - and itself a replacement for buildings that have been on the site since the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

A Declaration of War

You may recall that just a few weeks ago I attended the formal reading of the