This beautiful building just off Pall Mall, is home to the Athenaeum Club, a private members club founded in 1824 primarily for men and women with more intellectual interests. It’s sometimes known as the bishop’s club due to the large number of clergy who are members...

This is a great one. A quirky hidden relic from a bygone age. Look at this building on Great Newport Street. Seems pretty normal, doesn’t it? When would-be black cab drivers are doing ‘The Knowledge’ - the famous and incredibly hard test to become a London black cab...

The church of St Giles in the Fields lies in the heart of the original parish of St Giles. With its welcoming food stalls in the courtyard, it looks to all intents and purposes, like a friendly and peaceful place to have built a place of worship. But if I could take...

Is there a street in London that sums up rock and roll in the capital? Well yes, actually there is. It’s Denmark Street, sometimes known as Tip Pan Alley (a nod to the original Tin Pan Alley in New York) off the Charring Cross Road. Back in the 1950’s numerous music...

We’ve all heard of the 1960’s British rock invasion of America when British rock bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones & The Animals took the United States by storm. But before 1960, there was virtually no rock bands here in the UK, unless you count skiffle...

One of London’s most famous secrets remains exactly that – a secret. The Mousetrap, a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie, has been playing at St Martin’s Theatre continuously since 1952 (apart from a brief halt during the Covid pandemic). The play has a twist...

Not all London’s tales of terrible history fit conveniently into the past, making it somehow more palatable. Take the murder of Yvonne Fletcher for instance, the young London policewoman, whose life was cruelly taken from her in 1984 when a shot rang out by an unknown...

I don’t think there’s any better example of sophisticated shopping than the exclusive arcades of Piccadilly and St James. They ooze class and laid-back elegance like no other. Take a stroll down Princes Arcade which connects Jermyn Street and Piccadilly. It’s only a...

Here’s a great pub quiz question. What is the oldest surviving blue plaque in London? It’s a great question, not only because it’s worth knowing but the answer comes as a bit of a shock. Firstly, what are London blue plaques? In the words of English Heritage who now...