Helen Allingham painted the thatched cottages, tangled roses and flower-filled gardens that became our enduring dream of England.
Aug 30
13 min
Meet George, the six-foot-six goalkeeper whose summer job in Kensington Church Walk reveals that, beneath the big-city bustle, London is still a village.
Aug 29
17 min
When Australia beat England at The Oval in 1882, a cheeky newspaper obituary pronounced English cricket dead and gave the world the Ashes.
Aug 28
14 min
John Betjeman loved the London other people wanted to demolish, and when the wreckers came for St Pancras, the poet stood in their way
Aug 27
12 min
Long before the Olympic flame reached London, a German gymnasium in King’s Cross was limbering up, stripping off and helping to set the modern Games in motion.
Aug 26
12 min
Anniversary of Prince Albert's birth. His death left Queen Victoria inconsolable, changed the colour of a London police lamp and left a remarkable trail through the capital.
Aug 25
12 min
The dead poet is George Meredith, the garret is in Gray’s Inn, and the painter is about to run away with his model’s wife.
Aug 24
16 min
A navigational error. Nine Londoners dead. Edward R. Murrow at his microphone in Trafalgar Square. And the night the Blitz began.
Aug 23
9 min
The railway laureate, an Oxford don, a baby, and infantry...
Aug 22
9 min
The more you know about Fragonard, the more beautiful The Swing becomes.
Aug 22
7 min
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