Towersey

Usually I go on trips and then tell the tales. This week I’m giving you a pre-view of an upcoming … More

Spook

I first encountered the Spooky Men’s Chorale some years ago. They were performing locally and looking for billeting in the … More

On a sunny day a few months ago, I met some friends visiting London from the US for pre-theatre dinner … More

I can’t really leave you without some pictures from the office I was working in earlier this year. On one … More

The last stage of my journey to the office is walking up Lombard Street from Bank Station. It isn’t a … More

The tube station is named after the closest gate into Kensington Gardens which itself was named to honour Queen Victoria, … More

When asked for insider tips for travelling around London I always suggest people look at a roadmap as well as … More

Updated to add that a week after I posted this, Sir Nicholas Winton died, aged 106. I join many in … More

London doesn’t have one central station, it has multiple stations arranged around what was the edge of the city in … More

The Great Western Railway was founded in the 1830s (corrected after the comment below!) to connect London and Bristol by … More