Peter BerthoudJan 30, 20181930s Advertising in HolbornA selection of adverts from The Official Guide to Holborn 3re 1931 (published by J. Burrow & Co, Cheltenham). I enjoy the insights these...
Peter BerthoudJan 27, 2018Time Out London will be 50 this AugustTime Out reaches its Golden Jubilee on 12th August 2018. On this day back in 1968 the first edition was published in London. A radical...
Peter BerthoudMar 8, 2016The Ugliest Statue in London?Well, according to George Bernard Shaw, the famous “Wedding Cake” statue, part of the memorial to Queen Victoria, would be a contender....
Peter BerthoudMar 26, 2015Save the Porters Rest on PiccadillyIn 1861 this curious piece of street furniture was installed on Piccadilly. It stood there for over a hundred and fifty years. In the...