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The interiors are every inch a classic Moroccan riad, but Izza Marrakech also gives guests a hefty side serving of contemporary art and culture in the heart of the Medina. Each of the Marrakech hotel’s …

Contemporary Belgian artist Alain Biltereyst works on abstract paintings characterized by bold patterns and colors. Most of the time, the shapes he depicts are not purely the result of chosen arrangements but act as a …

This enormous ghostsign for Stamford Veneers, high up on a Kingsland Road stables building facing the Overground Line at Hoxton has recently been overpainted. Pic credit: by StockCarPete – see his full image hereIt had …

• Tickets, please! You may not like the name, but you’re welcome on London’s Windrush line (The Guardian) • Northern using AI to trial British Sign Language announcements on trains (Rail UK) • Europe Train …

Wednesday, 31st January 202422:37 Wirral Line train from James Street to West KirbyLate train. Happy train. The arena's emptied, the football's ended, Liverpool won handsomely. People, voices, joy. Excited chatter all around me. I slide …

I worry about finding a route along the shore, and search for a solution to pongy boots. Continue reading →

Thursday 22nd February 2024 I’m counting down Britain’s (aka London’s) top ten busiest railway stations according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), and after last month’s entry, taking a look at Euston (at …

July 2023 Although this walk was to be almost entirely on roads, the road on the east shore of Loch Fyne are more minor than the busy A83 I had to follow for much of …

It’s been a wet winter so far. Some 177mm has fallen in Wanstead – already 122 per cent more what falls in an average winter. But the amount pales into comparison with the Lake District. …

[comics] Moon and Serpent Rising… John Couthart delivers some insider information on the long-awaited The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic written by Alan and Steve Moore. ‘The Bumper Book may superficially resemble a …

An occluded winter’s day when sunlight barely glimmered offered the ideal opportunity for a ramble through Charles Dickens’ London. Employing a set of cigarette cards from 1927 which Libby Hall kindly once gave me as …

This delightful, colourful piece of cartography, is the first map by illustrator, limerick-creator and Walthamstow resident Angry Dan. The piece is a 60cm x 60cm

A guest post by London Historians member Joanna Oyediran Titan of the Thames: The Life of Lord Desborough by Sandy Nairne and Peter Williams Despite organising Britain’s first Olympics and being an energetic public servant, …

Round Table Books, based in Brixton Village, is one of 77 independent bookshops selected as a finalist in independent bookshop of the year category for the The British Book Awards 2024 The award, sponsored by …

No 4 Denmark Street could be the most important single address on Tin Pan Alley. It’s housed Regent Sound, the studio where the Rolling Stones recorded their debut album, the Helter Skelter bookshop that specialised …