People being told to stay in their homes, numbers of dead being tallied and reported by the authorities, sounding familiar? Theatre and public entertainment such as football being stopped, no this is not London 2020 in the midst of the global Covid 19 pandemic but 1665 when the last major plague outbreak hit London. There … Read more
It’s officially the centre of London and the gathering place for both protesters and revellers, most tourists will at the least pass through here but why is it called Trafalgar Square and how did it come to be here? The route of the story is undoubtedly Admiral Nelson, the British hero who died during his … Read more
This is another of those questions I get every so often as I’m guiding a walking tour group, typically from non Britains with English as their first language but also from others. It normally comes as we pass from St Katherine’s Dock and pass Mews Street and until I began getting the question it’s not … Read more
If you’re an American making a visit to London and looking for inspiration in drawing up your itinerary then if you have any interest in seeing some older parts of London, getting away from the crowds a bit, not to mention finding a bit of American history then I would suggest a trip to Rotherhithe. … Read more