A Culinary Step Back in Time at The Caxton Grill. If like me you sometimes wander round London looking out for its remaining Dickensian corners and imagining one’s ancestors swishing around town in their hooped skirts and crinolines, then the Victorian London tasting menu at the Caxton Grill is a treat. Rather than slavishly trying […]
Guildhall Art Gallery – Victoriana and More
Relaunch of the Guildhall Art Gallery: For a while I was based in the City of London, working in Love Lane. Literally a minute from the Guildhall, I can remember looking around the buildings from the outside and being taken into the Guildhall building itself by one of the taxi drivers who worked for LTI […]
Crocker’s Folly – English Eccentricity in St John’s Wood
Crocker’s Folly Guest Feature by Natalie York: From the outside Crocker’s Folly is just an unobtrusive little pub near Lords Cricket ground. It was constructed by a Mr. Crocker whose apparent folly was to believe that Marylebone Station would be built next door, he was unfortunately mistaken and missed out on all that bustling train […]