London Walks

Hogarth’s London 16.06.2026 12:44 ↓

Hogarth used Barts’ patients as models for some of the figures in the paintings.

The Art of Local Knowledge 15.06.2026 7:13 ↓

“Hairy Meatball on Chaise Lounge.”

The American Patriot 14.06.2026 7:55 ↓

The problem was never Benedict Arnold’s courage. The problem was Benedict Arnold.

The Day the Monarchy Went Modern 13.06.2026 8:38 ↓

The first British monarch ever to travel by rail is hauled by a locomotive named after a flaming river in Hell.

So Much Death – And So Much Life 12.06.2026 8:12 ↓

the dead refusing to stay dead

London’s Hall of Forgotten Fame 11.06.2026 8:35 ↓

London is full of ghosts with forwarding addresses.

The Hogarth Trail – 48 Hours in Georgian London 10.06.2026 9:15 ↓

A dog is weeing on something. There's a corpse in the next room.

Chelsea Buns & Georgian Viagra 09.06.2026 6:46 ↓

ham sliced so thin you could read a newspaper through it

The Kensington Time Capsule 08.06.2026 9:21 ↓

behind one of those front doors the Victorians are still at home.

The Man Who Invented Cool 07.06.2026 9:31 ↓

the man who once ruled London with a neckcloth and a sneer

Luke and Carson 06.06.2026 12:00 ↓

"the British don't talk, they just kinda mind their own business"

Tempest Slinger’s Legacy 05.06.2026 10:48 ↓

Tempest Slinger. Was ever lawyer better named?

The Man in the Bowler Hat 04.06.2026 8:18 ↓

Only the British could take the safest, most respectable hat ever invented and weaponise it.

The Sacred Lamp of Burlesque 03.06.2026 10:10 ↓

"I'm a licensed dealer in legs"

The Coolest Man in the Rolling Stones 02.06.2026 9:48 ↓

the hippest man in the room

Some Like It Hot 01.06.2026 10:16 ↓

So nervous she licked all her lipstick off while waiting in the reception line.

The Woman Who Refused to Leave 31.05.2026 11:03 ↓

Until one woman walked into the room and quietly refused to leave.

A Great Reckoning in a Little Room 30.05.2026 11:05 ↓

The man who kicked open the doors of English drama and let the lightning in.

The Gate of Ghosts, Poets & Traitors 29.05.2026 11:26 ↓

An entire London history in one vanished gate.

Fleming. Ian Fleming. 28.05.2026 9:51 ↓

James Bond is wish fulfilment in a dinner jacket

Checkmate! 27.05.2026 11:03 ↓

You suddenly realise that what looks like mere decoration is actually fossilised history.

The Count in Piccadilly 26.05.2026 10:01 ↓

Eastern European aristocrat arrives in England bringing corruption, contagion, nocturnal habits and highly irregular neck behaviour.

The Gate Where Chaucer Lived 25.05.2026 10:13 ↓

Being a tax collector in medieval London was not exactly a popularity-enhancing career choice.

The Heart Strangely Warmed 24.05.2026 11:33 ↓

...the man arriving back in London was spiritually shattered.

The Rope Snapped 22.05.2026 9:18 ↓

His body was left hanging there for years.