In Greek mythology, Atlas, king of Atlantis, took part in the rebellion of the Titans against the Gods and as a result was condemned to h...

This is the sort of thing that brightens my day every time I find it. It is the keystone of the arch through the Sun Life Assurance buildi...

The Crutched Friars did not hobble about on crutches: they were members of the House of the Holy Cross, and the Latin for cross is crux . ...

49-50 Fleet Street was built in 1913 for two purposes, the main one being a branch of the Norwich Union and the other as a gateway to Serjea...

At first sight it is difficult to work out if the modest modernist building on the corner of Dean Street and Old Compton Street dates fr...

The Bank of England is one of those buildings I try to avert my eyes from. The scandalous rebuilding in the 1920s and 30s was a grievous l...

The back of the Bank of England, facing Lothbury, has four statues of females known locally as the ...