An illustrated walk around the nooks and crannies of St James’s, including Piccadilly and Green Park. If this doesn’t whet your appetite for seeking out London’s hidden sights, then nothing will! St James’s – Where Is That Again? St James’s is an area of London which many may pass through without a second thought. Unless […]
In this walk I investigate the history of my own neighbourhood. Wapping has plenty of sights and points of interest, where Georgian docks, maritime history and modern regeneration combine. Welcome To My Neighbourhood! By now, I hope you are familiar with our walks around London’s Docklands, following Gilly Cameron-Cooper’s Walking London’s Waterways. With the help […]
A review of a (very) early spring visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden. In which I am overjoyed to have something I can book tickets and go to. And the spring flowers are a bonus. Something You Can Book Right Now! Ok. As you can tell, I was pretty excited about going to the Chelsea […]
A circular walking tour from Maze Hill station takes in Greenwich Park, Deptford Creek and a riverfront walk. A Walk Through Royal and Maritime History in Greenwich If there is one thing that Greenwich has in spades, it’s royal and maritime history. A lot of this history is still visible today. On the maritime side […]
A walk from Shoreditch to Cannon Street, tracing the lost Walbrook River. This shortest of central London’s lost rivers nonetheless gives the chance to see plenty of interesting history. Finding the Walbrook Today’s walk, like an earlier one along the path of the River Neckinger, traces one of London’s lost rivers. This time we will […]
How can a painter be modern? Let me count the ways while visiting Turner’s Modern World for this review. Turner and Modernity One of the last cultural outings I squeezed in to review before Lockdown 2.0 was Turner’s Modern World. You may remember that I had been to Tate Britain a couple of months ago […]
Tracing London’s lost rivers is a great way to see new parts of London and connect with the city’s heritage. Particularly when most other cultural offerings are off limits! In this walk, I follow the path of the Neckinger river from the Oxo Tower to St Saviour’s Dock. Heritage Walks to Fill the Gap During […]
A review of the Grayson Perry exhibition at the Holburne Museum, Bath. In which the temporary exhibition is small but interesting, while the rest of the museum is strangely lacking in character. A Note On Today’s Review Of The Holburne Museum Normally, when I am reviewing a museum and its temporary exhibition for the Covid […]
A review of the exhibition Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage at Somerset House. In which the photography on view is interesting, but the ‘pay what you can’ suggestions are steep. Pay What You Can? Let’s Just Call it a Donation Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage at Somerset House is a very small exhibition. So before […]
Review of Bruce Nauman at Tate Modern. A very attractive exhibition, but I’m still not sure of the ‘so what?’ when it comes to Bruce Nauman’s art. Back at Tate Modern – Didn’t I Say I Wouldn’t Do This? Do you remember a couple of months ago when I reviewed Tate Modern’s Andy Warhol exhibition? […]
