The Bluecoats
HOW DID you advertise your shop in the days when most of the population could not read? With a hanging sign, of course, the most common remnant of that practice Continue reading
England’s smallest cathedral
THE EIGHT statues on Vauxhall Bridge are hard to see, except from a passing boat, but well worth the effort. Dating to the Victorian era, they represent concepts such as Continue reading
The first female surgeon in Britain
LIKE memorial stones in graveyards, there are many statues around London that meant a lot to the people who put them up, but little to us now after the passage Continue reading
The crying lamp post
EVERY time I walk through Trafalgar Square, I see something different. It may be one of the most familiar places in London but it can still surprise. This week it Continue reading
Mrs Coade’s Stone
Eleanor took orders from as far afield as Rio de Janeiro and the Hermitage in St Petersburg
