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Celebrating London. News and history.
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Cross Westminster Bridge when the sun is low in the afternoon, and the shadows of the bridge on the pavement make perfect shapes of cocks with balls all the way along. It is unknown whether this was intentional for the bridge right next to Parliament...
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On a patch of land off the Old Kent Road once stood a Soviet tank that had lost its war but not its attitude. South Londoners called it Stompie, and for nearly three decades it was the most delightfully absurd monument to bureaucratic spite in the capital.
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The Soviet Tank That Defied Southwark Council: The Strange, Glorious Life of “Stompie”
On a quiet patch of land off the Old Kent Road once stood a Soviet tank—yes, an actual tank—graffitied in pinks, greens, and slogans, facing down the local council like a stubborn Cold War relic th…
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-soviet-tank-that-defied-southwark-council-the-strange-glorious-life-of-stompie/
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Flood alert for high tide this afternoon at Bankside (outside Tate Modern)
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A post on Reddit that asks an important question: Why is there so much anti-indian sentiment/racism in London? Today, i was walking past a group of white 20yr olds in Soho and one of them said 'this isn't india, get out'.
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A post on Reddit that asks an important question: Why is there so much anti-indian sentiment/racism in London? Today, i was walking past a group of white 20yr olds in Soho and one of them said 'this isn't india, get out'.
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London’s Best Vintage Flea Markets There’s something intoxicating about London’s flea markets — part nostalgia, part archaeology. They’re the city’s slow heartbeat beneath the glass towers and chain cafés: places where time frays, and the past feels almost affordable. Forget the glossy world of…
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London’s Best Vintage Flea Markets
There’s something intoxicating about London’s flea markets — part nostalgia, part archaeology. They’re the city’s slow heartbeat beneath the glass towers and chain cafés: places where time frays, and the past feels almost affordable. Forget the glossy world of “pre-loved” boutiques. These markets are where the word vintage still means “someone else’s problem, now yours.” The reward is in the rummage, the haggle, the strange beauty of the slightly broken.
https://londonopia.co.uk/londons-best-vintage-flea-markets/
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Park Royal: London’s Kitchen The West London area Park Royal is the city's kitchen — a place that clatters and steams long before the rest of the city wakes. It’s not a beauty spot or a brunch destination; it’s the vast backstage where the capital’s appetite is prepared. Every city needs somewhere…
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Park Royal: London’s Kitchen
The West London area Park Royal is the city's kitchen — a place that clatters and steams long before the rest of the city wakes. It’s not a beauty spot or a brunch destination; it’s the vast backstage where the capital’s appetite is prepared. Every city needs somewhere to get its hands dirty. Park Royal is that place: sprawling across 1,200 acres, housing more than 1,200 businesses, and quietly feeding around a third of London’s population every day.
https://londonopia.co.uk/park-royal-londons-kitchen/
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The Kimpton Fitzroy: Bloomsbury’s Terracotta Time Machine Step out of Russell Square station and the Kimpton Fitzroy doesn’t so much appear as announce itself: a full city block of thé-au-lait terracotta, turrets and swagger, like a French château that took a wrong turn at Calais and decided…
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The Kimpton Fitzroy: Bloomsbury’s Terracotta Time Machine
Step out of Russell Square station and the Kimpton Fitzroy doesn’t so much appear as announce itself: a full city block of thé-au-lait terracotta, turrets and swagger, like a French château that took a wrong turn at Calais and decided London would do nicely. This Grade II* listed grand dame has been many things since 1900 — a byword for Victorian excess, a wartime survivor, a conference haunt, a 21st-century reboot — but never, ever shy.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-kimpton-fitzroy-bloomsburys-terracotta-time-machine/
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The Counting House: Where the City’s Fortunes Still Flow If you were to design a pub to impress a Victorian banker, it might look something like The Counting House on Cornhill — only you’d probably tone it down a little for fear of gilding the lily. This is a place that doesn’t just whisper “old…
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The Counting House: Where the City’s Fortunes Still Flow
If you were to design a pub to impress a Victorian banker, it might look something like The Counting House on Cornhill — only you’d probably tone it down a little for fear of gilding the lily. This is a place that doesn’t just whisper “old money”; it serenades it under a domed glass ceiling. The marble gleams, the brass glows, and the bar is so polished you half expect to see your overdraft reflected back at you.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-counting-house-where-the-citys-fortunes-still-flow/
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The Coolest Launderette in London A laundrette with soul Hidden among the sculptural concrete of the Barbican Estate hums a survivor from another age — a place of warmth, rhythm and stubborn beauty. The Barbican Launderette, is that rarest thing in London: a utility that became an icon. It’s been…
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The Coolest Launderette in London
A laundrette with soul Hidden among the sculptural concrete of the Barbican Estate hums a survivor from another age — a place of warmth, rhythm and stubborn beauty. The Barbican Launderette, is that rarest thing in London: a utility that became an icon. It’s been running since 1973 and looks it — in the best possible way. A mint-green time capsule where nothing has been upgraded, refitted or focus-grouped.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-coolest-launderette-in-london/
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A photograph of the London Underground taken by Bert Hardy in 1952.
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The Coolest Launderette in London A laundrette with soul Hidden among the sculptural concrete of the Barbican Estate hums a survivor from another age — a place of warmth, rhythm and stubborn beauty. The Barbican Launderette, is that rarest thing in London: a utility that became an icon. It’s been…
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The Coolest Launderette in London
A laundrette with soul Hidden among the sculptural concrete of the Barbican Estate hums a survivor from another age — a place of warmth, rhythm and stubborn beauty. The Barbican Launderette, is that rarest thing in London: a utility that became an icon. It’s been running since 1973 and looks it — in the best possible way. A mint-green time capsule where nothing has been upgraded, refitted or focus-grouped.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-coolest-launderette-in-london/
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The Farm House, Mayfair’s Gothic Oddity In Mayfair, that district of polished limestone and quiet money, there stands a building that refuses to behave. At 22 Farm Street, a half-timbered fantasy squats between the restrained façades like a time-traveller who missed the memo on modernity. It’s…
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The Farm House, Mayfair’s Gothic Oddity
In Mayfair, that district of polished limestone and quiet money, there stands a building that refuses to behave. At 22 Farm Street, a half-timbered fantasy squats between the restrained façades like a time-traveller who missed the memo on modernity. It’s called The Farm House — though there’s nothing agrarian about it except the faint whiff of myth clinging to its name.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-farm-house-mayfairs-gothic-oddity/
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A trip on the DLR at sunrise can be magical.
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The Halloween display at private members club Annabels in Berkeley Square Mayfair.
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London Hero: The Tube Worker Quietly Saving Lives Every day, millions of Londoners descend into the city’s underworld — that humming labyrinth of tunnels and timetables we call the Tube. For most of us, the journey is mundane: headphones in, Oyster tapped, brain switched off. But for a small,…
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London Hero: The Tube Worker Quietly Saving Lives
Every day, millions of Londoners descend into the city’s underworld — that humming labyrinth of tunnels and timetables we call the Tube. For most of us, the journey is mundane: headphones in, Oyster tapped, brain switched off. But for a small, unseen number, it’s the final journey they ever plan to take. And standing between them and the tracks, quite literally, is one man: …
https://londonopia.co.uk/london-hero-the-tube-worker-quietly-saving-lives/
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London Hero: The Tube Worker Quietly Saving Lives Every day, millions of Londoners descend into the city’s underworld — that humming labyrinth of tunnels and timetables we call the Tube. For most of us, the journey is mundane: headphones in, Oyster tapped, brain switched off. But for a small,…
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London Hero: The Tube Worker Quietly Saving Lives
Every day, millions of Londoners descend into the city’s underworld — that humming labyrinth of tunnels and timetables we call the Tube. For most of us, the journey is mundane: headphones in, Oyster tapped, brain switched off. But for a small, unseen number, it’s the final journey they ever plan to take. And standing between them and the tracks, quite literally, is one man: …
https://londonopia.co.uk/london-hero-the-tube-worker-quietly-saving-lives/
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Camden Passage Antiques Market
Camden Passage might just be the place that redefines your relationship with clutter. Tucked away from the main hustle of Islington’s Upper Street, Camden Passage is one of those delightful little …
https://londonopia.co.uk/camden-passage-antiques-market/
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Daytime shot of the Great Smog of 1952. Over 5 choking days some 4000 people were killed.
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Too Much London: The Real Film Locations Behind Lena Dunham’s Netflix Drama London doesn’t just set the stage for Too Much — it steals scenes.In Lena Dunham and Luis Felber’s Netflix drama, the city is the third lead: chaotic, magnetic, and perpetually late to its own story. It hums in the…
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Too Much London: The Real Film Locations Behind Lena Dunham’s Netflix Drama
London doesn’t just set the stage for Too Much — it steals scenes.In Lena Dunham and Luis Felber’s Netflix drama, the city is the third lead: chaotic, magnetic, and perpetually late to its own story. It hums in the background of every heartbreak and hangover, reminding us that living here is an act of endurance and devotion. This isn’t the cinematic London of tidy terraces and impossibly sunny mornings.
https://londonopia.co.uk/too-much-london-the-real-film-locations-behind-lena-dunhams-netflix-drama/
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Park Royal: London’s Kitchen The West London area Park Royal is the city's kitchen — a place that clatters and steams long before the rest of the city wakes. It’s not a beauty spot or a brunch destination; it’s the vast backstage where the capital’s appetite is prepared. Every city needs somewhere…
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Park Royal: London’s Kitchen
The West London area Park Royal is the city's kitchen — a place that clatters and steams long before the rest of the city wakes. It’s not a beauty spot or a brunch destination; it’s the vast backstage where the capital’s appetite is prepared. Every city needs somewhere to get its hands dirty. Park Royal is that place: sprawling across 1,200 acres, housing more than 1,200 businesses, and quietly feeding around a third of London’s population every day.
https://londonopia.co.uk/park-royal-londons-kitchen/
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Fined ÂŁ150 for pouring coffee down a drain. Right or wrong?
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Kew woman fined ÂŁ150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo
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London’s Longstanding Love Affair with Oysters London, our ever-hungry metropolis, has always had a complicated relationship with its food—lustful one minute, disdainful the next, reinventing old flames and discarding others like last season’s gastro trend. But one affair has endured the centuries…
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London’s Longstanding Love Affair with Oysters
London, our ever-hungry metropolis, has always had a complicated relationship with its food—lustful one minute, disdainful the next, reinventing old flames and discarding others like last season’s gastro trend. But one affair has endured the centuries with surprising resilience and a salty sort of romance: our ongoing love of oysters. Yes, oysters. Slippery, sensual, and divisive as a dinner party guest with strong opinions on Brexit, they’ve gone from street food to high society and back again.
https://londonopia.co.uk/londons-longstanding-love-affair-with-oysters/
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Somers Town Tucked between the thundering arteries of King’s Cross, St Pancras, and Euston, Somers Town is a pocket of London that refuses to be rushed. It sits quietly in the shadow of rail lines and glass towers, a neighbourhood both compressed and resilient — a place where London’s grand…
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Somers Town
Tucked between the thundering arteries of King’s Cross, St Pancras, and Euston, Somers Town is a pocket of London that refuses to be rushed. It sits quietly in the shadow of rail lines and glass towers, a neighbourhood both compressed and resilient — a place where London’s grand transformations are always visible, yet never entirely victorious. This is not a district that shouts.
https://londonopia.co.uk/somers-town/
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The Henry Prince Estate, Earlsfield: Brick Arches and a Civic Dream That Endures Walk up Garratt Lane in Earlsfield, South London and the Henry Prince Estate doesn’t so much announce itself as stage an entrance. Those sweeping brick arches — white-banded, confident, timeless — rise like a civic…
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The Henry Prince Estate, Earlsfield: Brick Arches and a Civic Dream That Endures
Walk up Garratt Lane in Earlsfield, South London and the Henry Prince Estate doesn’t so much announce itself as stage an entrance. Those sweeping brick arches — white-banded, confident, timeless — rise like a civic overture. Built not for grandeur, but for grace. In 1938, when it opened as Wandsworth’s flagship housing estate, this was London’s municipal architecture at its most self-assured: practical, elegant, and quietly idealistic.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-henry-prince-estate-earlsfield/
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Romford Dogs: London’s Last Great Chase If you take the Elizabeth Line far enough east, where London’s glassy confidence begins to fray into Essex pragmatism, you’ll find it: Romford Greyhound Stadium — a low-lit temple of grit and glory, still standing where so many others have fallen. Once the…
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Romford Dogs: London’s Last Great Chase
If you take the Elizabeth Line far enough east, where London’s glassy confidence begins to fray into Essex pragmatism, you’ll find it: Romford Greyhound Stadium — a low-lit temple of grit and glory, still standing where so many others have fallen. Once the city was thick with dog tracks; now, Romford is the last one running within the M25. It’s not just a stadium.
https://londonopia.co.uk/romford-dogs-londons-last-great-chase/
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On a languid bend of the River Thames, nestled somewhere between Shepperton and Weybridge, lies a place that sounds like it belongs in a mummy’s memoir or a Bond villain’s holiday brochure: Pharaoh’s Island.
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Pharaoh’s Island: The Thames’ Most Curious Kingdom
On a languid bend of the River Thames, nestled somewhere between Shepperton and Weybridge, lies a place that sounds like it belongs in a mummy’s memoir or a Bond villain’s holiday brochure:&n…
https://londonopia.co.uk/pharaohs-island-the-thames-most-curious-kingdom/
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Best Sunday Markets in London by Area There’s something sacred about a Sunday market. Maybe it’s the whiff of sourdough mingling with vintage corduroy. Maybe it’s the chance to drop £18 on a punnet of heritage tomatoes and pretend it’s self-care. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because London does them…
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Best Sunday Markets in London by Area
There’s something sacred about a Sunday market. Maybe it’s the whiff of sourdough mingling with vintage corduroy. Maybe it’s the chance to drop £18 on a punnet of heritage tomatoes and pretend it’s self-care. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because London does them better than anywhere else — sprawling, chaotic, delicious, and occasionally scented like artisanal soap and mild despair.
https://londonopia.co.uk/best-sunday-markets-in-london-by-area/
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A bit off topic but we had no idea this was a thing.
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Job Candidates Are Now Using AI Avatars in Interviews | The Freaky
“Five minutes into the interview i realised my candidate wasn’t human” The story begins like any other routine hiring call — a recruiter joins a meeting to chat with a prospective AI engineer. Backgro...
https://thefreaky.net/job-candidates-are-now-using-ai-avatars-in-interviews/
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The man who can "taste " the name of every tube station.
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The Man Who Tastes the Tube
Imagine riding the tube on your commute and tasting sausage and eggs at Tottenham Court Road, a sweet burst of dolly mixtures at Camden Town, or pea & ham soup at Green Park—all without a singl…
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-man-who-tastes-the-london-underground/
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Best Sunday Markets in London by Area There’s something sacred about a Sunday market. Maybe it’s the whiff of sourdough mingling with vintage corduroy. Maybe it’s the chance to drop £18 on a punnet of heritage tomatoes and pretend it’s self-care. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because London does them…
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Best Sunday Markets in London by Area
There’s something sacred about a Sunday market. Maybe it’s the whiff of sourdough mingling with vintage corduroy. Maybe it’s the chance to drop £18 on a punnet of heritage tomatoes and pretend it’s self-care. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because London does them better than anywhere else — sprawling, chaotic, delicious, and occasionally scented like artisanal soap and mild despair.
https://londonopia.co.uk/best-sunday-markets-in-london-by-area/
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Elizabeth “Madam” Cresswell: London’s Bawd Queen She slips through the misty alleys of London’s memory like a whispered scandal — Elizabeth Cresswell, known in her time as Madam Cresswell, courtesan-entrepreneur, political underworld broker, and lightning rod for moral outrage. To call her merely…
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Elizabeth “Madam” Cresswell: London’s Bawd Queen
She slips through the misty alleys of London’s memory like a whispered scandal — Elizabeth Cresswell, known in her time as Madam Cresswell, courtesan-entrepreneur, political underworld broker, and lightning rod for moral outrage. To call her merely a “prostitute” is to flatten her into stereotype; she was something more dangerous, more ambitious: a woman who wielded vice as power. From Quiet Kent to London’s Underbelly…
https://londonopia.co.uk/elizabeth-madam-cresswell-londons-bawd-queen/
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You might not expect to find a serene waterway serenely floating above the traffic of the North Circular. Yet, that’s exactly what happens at the Stonebridge Park Aqueduct, where a branch of the Grand Union Canal crosses over this major road.
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The Canal Aqueduct Over the North Circular
If you’ve ever navigated the automotive chaos of the North Circular Road (A406) in London, you might not expect to find a serene waterway serenely floating above the traffic. Yet, that’s exactly wh…
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-canal-aqueduct-over-the-north-circular/
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Thames Water removes 100-tonne fatberg from west London sewer
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Thames Water removes 100-tonne fatberg from west London sewer
Toxic mass chiselled out of Feltham pipes amid campaign to help stop people tipping harmful substances down drains A team of water engineers have spent a month blasting and chiselling a 100-tonne fatberg loose from under the streets of west London. The blockage consisting mainly of wet wipes glued together by congealed fat, oil and grease, was the equivalent in mass of eight doubledecker buses, stuck 10 metres below street level. Continue reading...
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On a languid bend of the River Thames, nestled somewhere between Shepperton and Weybridge, lies a place that sounds like it belongs in a mummy’s memoir or a Bond villain’s holiday brochure: Pharaoh’s Island.
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Pharaoh’s Island: The Thames’ Most Curious Kingdom
On a languid bend of the River Thames, nestled somewhere between Shepperton and Weybridge, lies a place that sounds like it belongs in a mummy’s memoir or a Bond villain’s holiday brochure:&n…
https://londonopia.co.uk/pharaohs-island-the-thames-most-curious-kingdom/
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Grosvenor Square, Mayfair Once the preserve of powdered wigs and whispered diplomacy, Grosvenor Square is now where memory, money, and manicured hedges jostle for elbow room. Located in the heart of Mayfair, this iconic London square has reinvented itself more times than Madonna—and somehow still…
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Grosvenor Square, Mayfair
Once the preserve of powdered wigs and whispered diplomacy, Grosvenor Square is now where memory, money, and manicured hedges jostle for elbow room. Located in the heart of Mayfair, this iconic London square has reinvented itself more times than Madonna—and somehow still manages to look good in Georgian. From Fields to Facades Back in the 1720s, Grosvenor Square was nothing more than a pastoral blank canvas.
https://londonopia.co.uk/grosvenor-square-mayfair/
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Newgate Prison: The Ghost Beneath the Old Bailey Walk long enough through the City of London and you’ll pass ghosts disguised as office blocks. Beneath the glass and granite of the Old Bailey once stood Newgate Prison — a place so cruel it could curdle the Thames. Here, justice was a spectacle,…
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Newgate Prison: The Ghost Beneath the Old Bailey
Walk long enough through the City of London and you’ll pass ghosts disguised as office blocks. Beneath the glass and granite of the Old Bailey once stood Newgate Prison — a place so cruel it could curdle the Thames. Here, justice was a spectacle, faith a currency, and the air thick with the breath of the condemned. Every brick seemed to whisper a question London still can’t quite answer: who deserves punishment, and who simply can’t pay to avoid it?
https://londonopia.co.uk/newgate-prison-london/
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Did you know you can find two remnants of the old London Bridge in Victoria Park? The current London Bridge was built in 1967 replacing an earlier one that was built in 1831. When the bridge was demolished a few of the alcoves were saved. Two are in Victoria Park.
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The Greek Community of London: From Greek Street to Palmers Greek London is a city of layers, each one stitched with the stories of the people who settled here. Among the most enduring threads are the Greeks, who over centuries have built churches, opened cafés, launched businesses, and raised…
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The Greek Community of London: From Greek Street to Palmers Greek
London is a city of layers, each one stitched with the stories of the people who settled here. Among the most enduring threads are the Greeks, who over centuries have built churches, opened cafés, launched businesses, and raised families—transforming pockets of the city into living archives of Aegean memory. From Byzantine ships to Soho streets The Greeks arrived in London earlier than many realise.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-greek-community-of-london-from-greek-street-to-palmers-greek/
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Priss Fotheringham and Her Infamous “Chucking” London loves its eccentrics. We carve them into blue plaques, mutter their names in pub stories, and stitch them into the long, messy quilt of the city’s history. Some are kings and reformers; others are bawds and tricksters. Among the latter, few…
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Priss Fotheringham and Her Infamous “Chucking”
London loves its eccentrics. We carve them into blue plaques, mutter their names in pub stories, and stitch them into the long, messy quilt of the city’s history. Some are kings and reformers; others are bawds and tricksters. Among the latter, few shine brighter—or stranger—than Priss (or Priscilla) Fotheringham, the Restoration sex worker whose “chucking” act made her both infamous and unforgettable.
https://londonopia.co.uk/priss-fotheringham-and-her-infamous-chucking/
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St Dunstan in the East: London’s Most Beautiful Secret Ruin Step off the busy arteries of the City and you’ll find it: a ruin that isn’t quite a ruin, a church that isn’t quite a church, and a garden that feels like a secret only London could keep. St Dunstan in the East is the kind of place you…
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St Dunstan in the East: London’s Most Beautiful Secret Ruin
Step off the busy arteries of the City and you’ll find it: a ruin that isn’t quite a ruin, a church that isn’t quite a church, and a garden that feels like a secret only London could keep. St Dunstan in the East is the kind of place you don’t stumble upon accidentally — you discover it, like treasure, whispered down the generations of city wanderers.
https://londonopia.co.uk/st-dunstan-in-the-east-londons-most-beautiful-secret-ruin/
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St Dunstan in the East: London’s Most Beautiful Secret Ruin Step off the busy arteries of the City and you’ll find it: a ruin that isn’t quite a ruin, a church that isn’t quite a church, and a garden that feels like a secret only London could keep. St Dunstan in the East is the kind of place you…
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St Dunstan in the East: London’s Most Beautiful Secret Ruin
Step off the busy arteries of the City and you’ll find it: a ruin that isn’t quite a ruin, a church that isn’t quite a church, and a garden that feels like a secret only London could keep. St Dunstan in the East is the kind of place you don’t stumble upon accidentally — you discover it, like treasure, whispered down the generations of city wanderers.
https://londonopia.co.uk/st-dunstan-in-the-east-londons-most-beautiful-secret-ruin/
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London’s iconic G-A-Y bar is to close down, its owner Jeremy Joseph announced today.
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The Michelin Building: A Belle Époque Temple to Tyres and Tiles There is a certain romance to a good tyre. Not the dull black rubber loops we take for granted, but the idea of them: speed, endurance, the promise of the open road. And if ever a building could capture that sense of adventure, it is…
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The Michelin Building: A Belle Époque Temple to Tyres and Tiles
There is a certain romance to a good tyre. Not the dull black rubber loops we take for granted, but the idea of them: speed, endurance, the promise of the open road. And if ever a building could capture that sense of adventure, it is London’s Michelin House. Perched on the corner of Fulham Road and Sloane Avenue, the Michelin Building is, quite simply, a marvel.
https://londonopia.co.uk/michelin-building-bibendum-london/
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John Archer: Battersea’s First Black Mayor London likes to think of itself as endlessly modern and progressive, but in 1913, the idea of a Black man becoming a borough mayor sent monocles popping into teacups across the city. That man was John Richard Archer, a Liverpudlian photographer, radical…
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John Archer: Battersea’s First Black Mayor
London likes to think of itself as endlessly modern and progressive, but in 1913, the idea of a Black man becoming a borough mayor sent monocles popping into teacups across the city. That man was John Richard Archer, a Liverpudlian photographer, radical councillor and reluctant trailblazer who became Mayor of Battersea—making him the first Black man to hold senior public office in London.
https://londonopia.co.uk/john-archer-batterseas-first-black-mayor/
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An exciting milestone for travel in East and South London. The first of 54 brand-new DLR trains is now in service, featuring: âś… Walk-through carriages âś… Air-con âś… Mobile charging points These new trains will support thousands of new homes and jobs and improve journeys.
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First look inside 'amazing' new DLR trains with USB charging points and air-con
The trains also provide passengers with real-time travel updates and walk-through carriages for staff and inspectors
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The Boudican Destruction Horizon: London’s First Apocalypse Beneath Our Feet Londoners live on layers. Tube tunnels snake under Georgian sewers under Tudor vaults under Roman roads. But there is one layer, charred and defiant, that marks the city’s first recorded apocalypse: the Boudican…
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The Boudican Destruction Horizon: London’s First Apocalypse Beneath Our Feet
Londoners live on layers. Tube tunnels snake under Georgian sewers under Tudor vaults under Roman roads. But there is one layer, charred and defiant, that marks the city’s first recorded apocalypse: the Boudican Destruction Horizon. Dig down beneath modern pavements — beneath Pret a Manger, beneath the glass towers of the Square Mile — and archaeologists still hit a stratum of blackened soil and ash.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-boudican-destruction-horizon/
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The Kimpton Fitzroy: Bloomsbury’s Terracotta Time Machine Step out of Russell Square station and the Kimpton Fitzroy doesn’t so much appear as announce itself: a full city block of thé-au-lait terracotta, turrets and swagger, like a French château that took a wrong turn at Calais and decided…
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The Kimpton Fitzroy: Bloomsbury’s Terracotta Time Machine
Step out of Russell Square station and the Kimpton Fitzroy doesn’t so much appear as announce itself: a full city block of thé-au-lait terracotta, turrets and swagger, like a French château that took a wrong turn at Calais and decided London would do nicely. This Grade II* listed grand dame has been many things since 1900 — a byword for Victorian excess, a wartime survivor, a conference haunt, a 21st-century reboot — but never, ever shy.
https://londonopia.co.uk/the-kimpton-fitzroy-bloomsburys-terracotta-time-machine/
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