City of London Guide & Lecturer, guide in St. Paul's Cathedral, Guildhall Art Gallery & All Hallows' by the Tower. Bookworm, Church watcher & Wren fan
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Mystery solved: Shakespeare’s Blackfriars house located at last
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A newly uncovered 17th-century floor plan appears to fix the exact site of the playwright’s only known London property — and it turns out the exis…
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On this day in 1702, a remarkable woman created Britain's first-ever newspaper! 🤩 londonist.com/london/history…
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The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opened on 10 March 1906, running initially between Baker Street and Kennington Road (now Lambeth North). The Evening News nicknamed it, "Bakerloo" was officially adopted in July 1906. Over 36,000 passengers used the new line on its first day.
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Master's Court with lanterns... #history looks different by #candlelight!
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Ring this doorbell and enter a stunning library in Piccadilly - which you're free to peruse londonist.com/london/secret/…
Okay - confession time - I am a HUGE Tom Selleck fan - since Magnum P I. After a long day in @StPaulsLondon and a trip home in the rain I am watching him as Jesse Stone in the T V adaptations of Robert B Parker’s novels - perfect Friday night viewing
In Purley recently to do a talk fora U3A group and passed this building - once the Astoria Cinema now flats - with fab mosaic outside
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Interesting to see this at London’s @towerhilltube . I’ve been working hard to make many more of these women known… but let’s remember them all!
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I've cleaned up this gorgeous Victorian photograph of Dickensian London, overshadowed by the sheer magnitude & dominance of St Paul's Cathedral. It was photographed by John Leighton 166 years ago, back in 1859.
I think the mooring poles in the foreground almost lend a Venetian air to the image, and the definition is so high, one can almost zoom right into those warehouse windows!
