Grey Wagtail

The Barbican development in central London is not exactly the spot, you would think, for seeing good birds. Barbican Development … More

Statues and Memorials in London: Merchant Navy Memorials

On Tower Hill, close by the Tower of London, stands the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to sailors from the … More

The Romans built a stone fort in the NW corner of the Londinium settlement. Work appears to have commenced around … More

I have been putting off the weekly survey walk around the Tarn in the hope that I might get a … More

Alien by the British artist David Breuer-Weil is a 25 ft tall Bronze cast to be found in Grosvenor Gardens … More

A couple of hours between meetings in Central London gave me time for a visit to Regents Park to see … More

John Hanning Speke was an army officer who in December 1856 joined the expedition led by Richard Burton to find … More

After Keith and I have finished the tour at Lord’s we walk the short distance to Regents Park. In the … More

Keith and I are in London to visit Lord’s cricket ground, but we stop off at Hyde Park on the … More

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
The last year or so I have probably visited Parliament a dozen times but always from…