London Walks

Why London’s Railway Story Begins in Canada 18.08.2026 14:48 ↓

Before the first train steamed into London, its story had begun on a remote island in Lake Huron, with an eighteen-year-old soldier building a fort in the Canadian wilderness.

Æthelstan – The King Who Invented England 16.08.2026 16:33 ↓

A house in Kensington and the story of Æthelstan, the warrior king who, 1,100 years ago, forged a kingdom and became the first ruler of all England.

Andrew Marvell – Sex, Time & London 16.08.2026 10:01 ↓

"Had we but world enough, and time…" Meet Andrew Marvell: poet, politician, satirist, Londoner, and the man behind the sexiest poem in the English language. Then follow his footsteps through the London streets he knew.

David Low –The Hampstead Cartoonist Hitler Wanted Arrested 15.08.2026 13:48 ↓

Hitler wanted him arrested. Mussolini banned him. And in a little Hampstead studio, David Low took on the dictators armed with nothing more than a pencil.

August 14th – The Day the Chiefs Died 14.08.2026 18:29 ↓

"Less British Museum and more life"

How Many Strangers Do You See in a Day in London? 13.08.2026 20:40 ↓

Strangers in London: for a few seconds their paths cross on a Tube escalator, then they disappear into the city.

William Blake: The Londoner Who Saw Angels and Talked to the Dead 12.08.2026 16:33 ↓

The dead got into him. Old London got into him.

Lee Miller – From Vogue to Dachau to Hitler’s Bathtub 10.08.2026 13:44 ↓

The woman who put the dirt of Dachau on Hitler’s bathmat.

The 200 Bodies on Everest… and the 250 in Arizona 10.08.2026 9:49 ↓

The people in those vessels are not called bodies. They’re called patients.

The Ship on the Roof 09.08.2026 10:48 ↓

The most wonderfully landlocked ship in London.

£20,000 for a Pair of Old Boots 08.08.2026 13:35 ↓

...they’re old leather boots. Heavy, battered, workaday things. Except they’ve been silver-plated.

Thirty-nine 07.08.2026 13:25 ↓

Each of those 39 stab wounds a candle blown out.

The Hotel that Invented Modern Luxury 06.08.2026 5:44 ↓

He created a demonstration of modern life.

The Capitalist Who Created Communism 05.08.2026 8:27 ↓

the capitalist who financed communism.

The Last Evening of the Old World 04.08.2026 13:19 ↓

Everything you know of your life...

100 Years Ago Today 03.08.2026 8:44 ↓

A 100 years ago today London changed colour.

From Deputy Nincompoop to Immortality 02.08.2026 11:58 ↓

Not bad for the fellow who first walked onto a London stage as Deputy Nincompoop.

The Birthday Present London Never Stopped Opening 01.08.2026 7:28 ↓

Three centuries and change later, London is still saying thank you.

Busman’s Holiday on Steroids 31.07.2026 9:27 ↓

Like Budapest. Two cities separated by a river.

London’s Best-Kept Secret Opens Its Doors 29.07.2026 8:11 ↓

The atmosphere is unlike anywhere else in London.

The Londoner Who Taught the Pharaohs to Talk 29.07.2026 9:01 ↓

the smallest discoveries can be the biggest of all

Please Forward to Peter Rabbit 28.07.2026 8:18 ↓

A mischievous rabbit in a little blue jacket.

The Pall Mall Peacocks 27.07.2026 6:27 ↓

the gaming there was worthy of “the decline of an empire.”

Hello Possums! 26.07.2026 5:45 ↓

That’s not a walking tour possum, that’s an endurance event with a gift shop.

The Little Red Building that Conquered the World 25.07.2026 6:58 ↓

One has even become a little village fish tank.