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4 February 2025
Calthorpe Terrace – ghosts of bygone shops in Gray's Inn Road
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When I travel along Grays Inn Road on a No17 bus I like to admire this west-facing terrace between Calthorpe Street and Wren Street. Screen...
29 January 2025
Join The Conversation at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Robert Macfarlane and the plight of our rivers.
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Last night I sat within one of London's gorgeous churches to listen to hear Robert Macfarlane in conversation with Peter Florence. This...
24 January 2025
Not bog standard – Central London's public conveniences
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We often read that there are hardly any public conveniences in London these days. Campaigners complain that there are scant facilities avail...
22 January 2025
Ringing in the changes
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Brr-ring Brr-ring! Unlike the example shown above in Carey Street at the back of the Law Courts, most of the old red telephone boxes on our...
17 January 2025
Gray's Inn Road – strange backward-facing houses, a water trough and another laundry (with fancy tiles)
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I was walking from Russell Square to Kings Cross today and, as I passed by these houses that end at Heathcote Street , I thought it was hig...
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13 January 2025
Sir William Atherton at Kensal Green Cemetery – he's got plums!
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I do love a wander in a cemetery. I visited all of London's 'Magnificent Seven' last year, some for the first time, others were...
6 January 2025
The blue tiled laundry shops of Sunlight, Westerns and Loud & Westerns
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I've written a few times about shops that used to be laundries/dry cleaners, evident by blue tiled exteriors, often featuring and promot...
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