Historic pub with riverside views offering a home from home experience. Everyone loves a pub by the river and London’s long River Thames is blessed with enough hostelries to cater for your every mood or occasion. Most have histories stretching back hundreds of years and are often packed with charm; all are unique and reflect […]
Kew Gardens – The Royal Botanical Gardens London
Discover Kew’s Historic Botanical Gardens and Royal Palaces Growing up in West London, the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew has long been one of my favourite haunts. Would it be indiscreet to recall the old turnstiles into which visitors deposited tuppence for entry?! Perhaps… In any case, the beautiful gardens and a plethora of rare […]
The Churchill War Rooms
London’s Churchill War Rooms and Museum. I’ve been walking about London for the last 30 years, and I find something fresh in it everyday. Walter Besant So wrote Walter Besant, who died in 1901 – well before the Churchill War Rooms existed. Like many who live in London, I feel much the same and when […]
Secret London Bridge – London Food Tours
London Food Tours – London Bridge. Food Tours are always a great way to learn more about a local food scene and its culinary heritage. Somehow that combination of food, walking and listening to an enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide provides a colourful and memorable insight into what is unique and special. And personally, I find […]
Ice Skating at Tower of London
Winter Fun – Ice Skating at the Tower of London Here’s our report of last year’s Ice Skating at the Tower of London – scroll down for details of this year’s opening hours and dates. It’s been a while since I ice skated and I was excited to rediscover it especially in such a […]
Victorian Afternoon Tea at the Victoria and Albert Museum
An Historic Afternoon Tea at the V&A: The Victoria and Albert Museum have come up with the most civilised way to spend your Sunday afternoon, with a traditional Victorian Afternoon Tea, which will launch on 13th November, and will be served in the beautifully decorated Morris Room, the historic interior which was part of the […]
The Spaniards Inn Hampstead – Review
Historic London – The Spaniards Inn: A pretty white clapboard building, the Spaniards Inn sits in the middle of Hampstead Heath at a point in the road where it narrows, so we are told, to ensure that tolls for crossing could be collected. Built as a tollhouse inn around 1585 the Spaniards Inn is the […]