Blogs about London
25 blogs about London.
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Caroline's Miscellany
“Unusual London history and places of interest to visit, Deptford, Brittany, Postman's Park.” 🇬🇧Updated
Ghost signs (143): York found and - nearly - lost again Piccadilly in York is less fancy than its London counterpart, but full of interest. If you look carefully, you can even spot the large and bright ghost sign for Foxton's Garage. The reason that care …
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Cemetery Club
“Museums of People // Libraries of the Dead.” By Sheldon K. Goodman. 🇬🇧Updated
Let’s Go Outside Not on the official tour of Highgate Cemetery in respect to the family’s wishes, there is no ‘here lies George Michael’ at his gravesite. All there is is his real name (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) and …
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Deserter – Voice of degeneration
“An aspirational lifestyle website for those with a predilection for doing f*** all.” By Andrew Grumbridge, Vincent Raison. 🇬🇧Updated
Pubcast: Borough Backstreeters Pubs, pies, crisps kebabs and musical theatre...? Source
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diamond geezer
“Life viewed from London E3.” 🇬🇧Updated
Outer London transport With the ULEZ due to expand in August, TfL have a fresh focus on Outer London. You can see this in their press releases where the phrase 'in outer London' is now increasingly commonplace. Last …
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Edith's Streets
“London Local History - this lists street by street items of historical interest - public, industrial buildings & some environmental features in London and its immediate surroundings.” 🇬🇧Updated
Kilburn Station Post to the north CricklewoodThe North London LineThe north London line from West Hampstead Station turns south westwardsArial Road,Hebrew word for water spirit, built by British Land Company 1879Barlow RoadBuilt on the site of the …
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Flickering Lamps
“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past...” By Caroline Swan. 🇬🇧Updated
The cemetery serving a submerged parish: St James, Stocks-in-Bowland As Britain’s population grew throughout the 19th Century and the demand for water in its towns and cities increased, local authorities and water boards looked to rural areas, building dams in remote valleys and creating …
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Footprints of London - Blog
“Where Londoners walk.” 🇬🇧Updated
Our Favourite Objects From The Museum of London The Museum of London closes its doors this weekend, in preparation for the move to Smithfield where it will reopen as The London Museum. As London guides, the Footprints of London team have been inspired …
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The Great Wen
“A London blog.” 🇬🇧Updated
Riot Grrrl in Uncut I have a piece about 90s Riot Grrrl band Huggy Bear in the latest Uncut to mark the 30th anniversary of their single, “Her Jazz”. Here’s Huggy Bear performing the song on The Word. Apparently …
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Iain Sinclair
“This is the website of british writer Iain Sinclair. It contains information on Iain Sinclair, on his work and his public appearances.” 🇬🇧Updated
A new installment in the monumental bibliography by Jeff Johnson is out The third part of the Iain Sinclair bibliography (covering 1999-2012) is now available for order at:https://testcentre.org.uk/ An extract from the announcement: ‘It’s not like revisiting the past, it is the... The post A new installment …
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ianVisits
“Latest London news, reviews and things to do in London.” By Ian Mansfield. 🇬🇧Updated
Old Operating Theatre museum reopening with free open day Above an old church next to London Bridge station is an old operating theatre, which is now a museum, and will reopen next month following restoration work. The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret …
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Jane's London
“The wonderful little details on, around & above London's streets.” By Jane Amelia Parker. 🇬🇧Updated
On the tiles again Another set of six images of tiles to be found taken within or or near to the ticket halls of some London Transport tube stationsCan you identify any of them?
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Living London History
“Your one stop London history blog sharing suggested historical walks, hidden gems and activity recommendations.” By Jack. 🇬🇧Updated
Dr Salter’s Daydream: A Very Moving Set Of Statues Walk along the river path through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and you will find an unusual set of statues. The set of four statues depicts Dr Alfred and Ada Salter, their daughter Joyce and their cat. …
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The London Dead
“Stories from our cemeteries, crypts and churchyards.” By David Bingham. 🇬🇧Updated
'She first deceased, he for a little tried, to live without her, liked it not, and died.' John and Margaret Whiting (died 1681 & 1680) St. Bartholomew the Great, EC1 John and Margaret Whiting lived a stone’s throw away from the church of St Bartholomew the Great, in Long Lane. We don’t know what he did for a living but he was well to do; …
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London Historians' Blog
“Random musings about London's history.” By Mike Paterson. 🇬🇧Updated
Dock Life Renewed A guest post by London Historians founder member Peter Stone. Dock Life Renewed – How London’s Docks Are Thriving Again, by Niki Gorick. This wasn’t quite what I was expecting. A new book about the …
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London History Blog - Blue Badge Guide Look Up London
“Revealing London's Hidden History. Look Up London is about historic gems, unusual museums and London sites.” By Katie Wignall. 🇬🇧Updated
The Sneaky Symbol on Bank Station (Cannon Street Entrance) While admiring the new Bank Station entrance on Cannon Street, I couldn’t help but spot a sneaky symbol that’s right underneath the London Underground roundels. It’s the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of …
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A London Inheritance
“A Private History of a Public City.” 🇬🇧Updated
Temple Bar – A Historic Boundary to the City The City of London has always regarded the boundaries of the City as important in defining where the jurisdiction of the City extended. This included having very visible symbols of where you were crossing from …
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Londonist - Things to see and do in London
“The latest news in London, what's on and events, the best London food and pubs, history and trivia, what's free and cheap in London.” 🇬🇧Updated
King's Cross Honours Lost Species With New 60ft Artworks Fabulae Nature was designed by contemporary visual artist Lucy Orta. Image: John Sturrock Next time you’re at King's Cross, look out for three 60ft botanical draperies adorning the facade of the Granary Building. Fabulae Nature …
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The London Lark!
“My personal recommendations of things to do and see in London.” By Nick Lambert. 🇬🇧Updated
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida I am spending Christmas and New Year in Miami, so as a change of venue, here are some pictures that I took on a walk around Little Haiti in Miami. I finish with a frozen …
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London Reconnections
“The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Capital's transport networks.” 🇬🇧Updated
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 March 2023 • Flight passenger duty cut sparks surge in UK domestic flights (Independent) • It’s time to radically rethink London’s roads: starting w/ its Red Routes (OnLondon) • Likely impact of approved Highline project will have …
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London Remembers
“A website aiming to capture all memorials in London.” 🇬🇧Updated