by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 21, 2020 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Gatehouses would have been all the rage in medieval England and this Gatehouse, a rare combination of a 13th century stone arch topped with a 16th century Tudor structure, is undoubtedly one of London’s best examples. Amazingly, this hybrid gateway to St...
by BlackTaxiTours | Jun 16, 2020 | Black Taxi Tours of London
This bronze sculpture of the two wartime allied leaders was erected in Bond Street in 1995, on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The two men were very different in many ways. Churchill a former soldier and staunch Conservative while...
by BlackTaxiTours | May 21, 2020 | Black Taxi Tours of London
There’s something reassuring and timeless about the Old Vic standing proudly at the intersection of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established here in South London in 1818 as a ‘minor theatre’ (as opposed to the more important ‘patent’...
by BlackTaxiTours | Nov 19, 2019 | Black Taxi Tours of London
If you’re looking for a powerful and imposing building in London, a building that looks like it belongs to a force far greater than our own, then look no further than Senate House, situated in Bloomsbury just north of the British Museum. This extraordinary art deco...
by BlackTaxiTours | Nov 9, 2019 | Black Taxi Tours of London
One of my favourite pastimes as I drive around London, is looking up at the Blue Plaques that adorn various buildings around the capital. So many familiar names are celebrated by these blue plaques and it’s fun to imagine these famous people going about their everyday...
