Devoted to the unexpected details that help to make life in the city worth living
Friday, 19 October 2012
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood NW8
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This is one of the most prominent sculptures in London but nobody notices it. Something to do with its position on a nightmare roundabout...
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Thursday, 11 October 2012
Old St Pancras Church House, Crowndale Road NW1
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The cult of St Pancras was brought to England with St Augustine, who carried relics of the martyr in his baggage. St Pancras Old Church is...
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Thursday, 4 October 2012
10 Trinity Square EC3
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10 Trinity Square was old-fashioned when it was built in 1922 to the designs of the Imperial architect Sir Edwin Cooper. It was the headq...
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Sir John Cass Institute, 31 Jewry Street EC3
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This powerful, vigorous figure striding purposefully out of his niche high over Jewry Street is Sir John Cass (1661-1718), alderman, sheri...
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012
190-195 Piccadilly W1
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190-195 Piccadilly was built as a gallery, headquarters and club for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. The Royal Academy ju...
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Monday, 27 August 2012
Cavendish Square W1
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This equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland is not all it seems. It is made of soap, and will in the course of the next year graduall...
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Tuesday, 14 August 2012
15 Trinity Square, London EC3
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This noble bird lords it over the former headquarters of the General Steam Navigation Company, built in 1908 by Edward Blakeway I'Anso...
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