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Bishop bashing

Bishop bashing

If ever there was a place which encapsulates ‘Englishness’ the Ye Olde Mitre Tavern is it, hidden away down an alleyway in Hatton Garden. The first Mitre Tavern was built in 1546 as the boozer for servants [...]

Urban philistines

Urban philistines

Are we becoming a city of philistines? I ask this as public art is becoming more vulnerable to deliberate damage or theft, for until recently works of art left out in public spaces only had to [...]

London’s hyper-local blogs

London’s hyper-local blogs

A blog is an on-line presence, a voice to be shared and stored for others to consume and comment. On-line pages have a shelf life of only 75 days according to the British Library who plan [...]

Cracking ideas

Cracking ideas

Reading recently that the Temperate House at Kew Gardens was to close for maintenance my eyes started to glaze over, that was, until I read that the Grade I listed building is the largest Victorian greenhouse [...]

Just Desserts

Just Desserts

Maids of Honour A personal favourite of mine. Just opposite Kew Gardens is a rather quaint tea room selling these puff-pastry cakes containing a rich melange of almonds, cinnamon, butter and brandy named after a famous [...]

Late night eats

Late night eats

Today we have a guest post from Richard Allen at Steak Group voted by the Sunday Times as one of the Best Small Companies to Work For 2012. If you have the inclination to write a [...]

Dark Satanic Mill

Dark Satanic Mill

Food producers adulterating our food is a recurring problem and the practice has gone on for centuries. When the Albion Flour Mills opened the traditional millers – who feared the factory would drive their wind and [...]

I could eat a horse

I could eat a horse

The site of 37 Albany Street was once home to naturalist William Buckland, Dean of Westminster, a fanatical animal collector and one of London’s strangest characters. To prove the efficacy of bird droppings as fertiliser he [...]

Gallic Snug

Although the bar was called York Minster until quite recently most had known it as The French House and it’s had a Gallic feel since it opened in 1914. In the Second World War it became [...]

Harry Gordon Selfridge

Harry Gordon Selfridge

Over the years Harry Gordon Selfridge has had many immitators: Swan & Edgar, Dickens & Jones, Bourne & Hollingsworth, Marshall & Snellgrove but none have matched him for innovation and flair and knowing how women wanted [...]