Living London History

Towards the bottom of Broadway in Manhattan, not far from Wall Street, you will find St Paul’s Chapel, the oldest surviving church building in in New York City.

The Lyceum Theatre on Wellington Street is well known today as having been home to Disney’s The Lion King musical since 1999.

West Norwood Cemetery is one of the famous ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries in London.

Sitting proudly next to the Grand Union Canal, today in its own grassy enclave, you can find the jewel of Paddington: St Mary Magdalene Church.

The Peasants’ Revolt, or the ‘Great Uprising’ of 1381, was one of the great defining and dramatic events of medieval England.

Next to St Pancras Station and behind the British Library you will find another very important building, this one particularly in the world of science: the Francis Crick Institute, otherwise known as The Crick.

Soho is one of London’s most eclectic areas packed with art, creativity and history.

As the bombs rained down on London from September 1940, artists carried on responding to their environment and recording what they saw through their works.

On the corner of Broadwick Street and Carnaby Street you will find a brilliant burst of colour in the form of the Spirit of Soho Mural.

There are so many small and wonderfully niche museums tucked away around London, covering subjects you would probably never expect an entire museum dedicated to.