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I have just finished reading Seething Lane by Jack Jewers, a novel in which Samuel Pepys is reinvented as a sleuth, swashbuckler and firefighter, acting on behalf of Charles II to investigate the murder of a libertine aristocrat.

I found another one!

I have written before on here about Guinness advertising across London.

There's always something new to discover in London, even if it takes over 45 years to find it...

Let's try and keep this mostly pictoral.

Let's cut the chase* – oh dear, it's as I feared.

Montague Burton, the tailor of taste.

Yesterday evening I presented a talk for the Letter Exchange at The Artworkers Guild on Queen Square.

Within the entrance to Elgin Mews at the rear of The Elgin at 96 Ladbroke Grove which, btw, is an absolutely gorgeous example of a Victorian gin palace, there are some large letters painted on the wall.

St Martin’s-in-the-Fields continues to host “The Conversation”, an excellent series of interviews available in-person or from the comfort of your sofa on Tuesday evenings at 7pm through to the end of July.

A one of The Royal Park's volunteer guides, I will be leading some free tours on Saturday 6th June about The Great Exhibition site in Hyde Park.

Here are some pics from a few weeks ago when I walked from Whitechapel High Street to The Prospect of Whitby pub on the Thames Path.

The last three years I have visited Clerkenwell Design Week I've discovered new things and interacted with interesting people, as per my glowing reviews in 2023 and in 2025.

Earlier this year I joined a group tour of the buildings and grounds that make up the Salvation Army training college opposite Denmark Hill station.

Next time you are shopping in Holloway, look out for a series of hand-painted artworks between Boots and Lidl.

The scaffold has been removed and Braidwood Passage is again available as a link between Aldersgate Street and Cloth Street.

Here we go again.

Back in the day (as they say) I used to love popping into The Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Earlier this month I was busy googling info about St James's Square when this image on eBay cropped up in the search results.

I recently spotted that the old carved and gilded barbershop/hairdresser sign at 205 Kings Cross Road has been replaced with a modern plastic sign.

The Garrison Chapel is a Grade II listed 1852 church nestled between Pimlico Road and Chelsea Barracks.

Those clever curators at Dulwich PG have done it again.

Re-watching this delightful film recently on Talking Pictures, I was convinced that I recognised the location of the shop where she pawns her harp as being in Camden Passage, Islington.

I have this morning added some updates to these old posts – click the links above the pics to read the articles and see the pics at larger size: Scratched graffiti outside the Humanist Chapel in Rugby Street New life for Michli's old grocery store Loss of…