In Lower Thames St, where the traffic roars past old Billingsgate Market and around the Tower of London, there is an anonymous door that leads to the past. It is a piece of spine-tingling magic. You ...

Ed Gray introduces his new exhibition Streetlife Serenade: 30 Years of Painting City Life which opens tomorrow at House of Annetta 25 Princelet St, E16QH and runs until 20th July. Mondays & Tuesdays ...

Old Liverpool St Station was both a labyrinth and the beast in the labyrinth too. There were so many tunnels twisting and turning that you felt you were entering the entrails of a monster and when you ...

John Betjeman on Liverpool St Station c1961, photograph by David Sim If you have not yet objected to the monstrous block they want to plonk on top of Liverpool St St Station, the deadline is 4th July.

In these dreamy days of high summer, I often think of my old cat Mr Pussy While Londoners luxuriate in the warmth of summer, I miss Mr Pussy who endured the hindrance of a fur coat, spending his ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on 19th July It is my pleasure to publish these evocative pictures of the East End (with some occasionally facetious ...

But, fortunately for them, Peggy Metaxas, is waiting to offer a plate of food or a cup of tea before putting them on the right path again. Peggy has been presiding here as long as anyone can remember, ...

John Betjeman on Liverpool St Station c1961, photograph by David Sim If you have not yet objected to the monstrous block they want to plonk on top of Liverpool St St Station, the deadline is 4th July.

Now that the summer visitors are here and thronging in the capital’s streets and transport systems, I thought I would send you this fine set of postcards published by Charles Skilton, including my ...

CLICK HERE TO BOOK There is spot where my eyes fall as I enter the house between the front door and the foot of the stair, where I always felt there was something missing and it was only when I ...