Any readers from out of town who are preparing a visit to the capital this summer might like to read these excerpts from The Stranger’s Guide, exposing all the frauds of London, that I found in the ...

Now that London is thronging with visitors, let us consider The Tour of Dr Syntax Through the Pleasures & Miseries of London. Written anonymously and published in 1820, this was one of a popular ...

For centuries, Caslon was the default typeface in the English language. William Caslon set up his type foundry in Chiswell St in 1737, where it operated without any significant change in the methods ...

Leila’s Shop by Eleanor Crow In common with five other shops in Calvert Avenue – leading up to Arnold Circus on the Boundary Estate – Leila’s Shop is being challenged by Tower Hamlets Council with ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July St Mary Rotherhithe Free School founded 1613 To be candid, there is not a lot left of ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my next Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July When the summer heat hits the city and the streets get dusty and dry, I like to ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July Here is a selection of Ron McCormick’s splendid pictures from the seventies when he ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July Tepidarium at Billingsgate Roman bathhouse In Lower Thames St, where the traffic roars ...