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The Secret Door
Here's an opportunity to discover Narnia in London, by going through a secret door and find that you are in a different world [...]
Gardiner’s Corner
Gardiner's was also the scene of the famous Battle of Cable Street [...]
London Books Review: Curiocity
Not so much Mao's Little Red Book, this tome runs to 450 A4 page and has been described as a love letter to the capital [...]
London Books Review: Bomb Damage Maps
The wealth of detail here was the result of the dangerous and distressing surveys undertaken by 'ruin recorders' in the aftermath of German bombing raids [...]
Train your Brain
I’ve always enjoyed writing but it wasn’t until I picked up one particular fare on an autumn evening some years back that I decided to take it seriously [...]
London for free
While London can certainly be pricey, whether you’re planning a weekend trip to the capital, there are still plenty of things to do on a budget, here are 20 London attractions you can visit for free [...]
London Books Review: London Taxi Driver Slang
My favourite is The Gas Works, summed up as The Houses of Parliament: hot air at extortionate prices [...]
A short drop
The Execution Bell, named in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons as “The Bells of Old Bailey“, now on display in St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate used to be rung around midnight outside the condemned cell. The St. Sepulchre’s [...]
Pootling around London
As a bonus, for your support, each month two long-form posts from my book Pootling around London, a travelogue about riding around London exploring the capital’s traditions, tripe and trivia, whilst undertaking The Knowledge will be [...]
Going Japanese
The idea that in 1885 there was a Japanese village located in Knightsbridge, the heart of bustling Victorian colonialism, may strike many as something more akin to today’s multi-cultural London [...]
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The Knowledge: Train Your Brain Like A London Cabbie by Robert Lordan
Cabbie Robert Lordan has written his first book, taking readers inside the extraordinary mind of the cabbie. The 50 beautifully mapped and illustrated routes show the streets and landmarks, notes on their hidden histories and popular associations, with sections allowing the reader to test their memory on these routes. The introduction discusses the history and science of The Knowledge and guides to memory-training techniques used by London’s cabbies.
London Links
London's top secret tower
Because of this blog I have been fortunate enough to have been invited
London's top secret tower
When I was young I had a hand-me-down large size book about London lan
The Angel
Once a year my mother would drag me 'up west' for shopping and as reco
The Angel
Tigger and I live at the Angel. London Underground gave the station th
13 Survivors
I couldn't find a link to The Intimate Review, but thanks for the comm