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Peter Berthoud
Apr 29, 2012
New Rolling Fool in Soho
A new Rolling Fool has appeared in Broadwick Street, Soho. The distinctive jester character is one of a series by street artist Dr Cream....
Peter Berthoud
Apr 25, 2012
Forgotten Images: Destruction & Construction in Aldwych & Kingsway
Between 1901 and 1905 a large area of Central London was demolished to make way for Kingsway and Aldwych. Many ancient streets and courts...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 22, 2012
Forgotten Images: Before Aldwych and Kingsway
In October 1905 King Edward VII officially opened Kingsway and Aldwych; "The largest and most important improvement in London since the...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 10, 2012
London's Top Sights in 1824
In 1824 William Darton (Junior) wrote a guide to London: A Description of London: Containing a Sketch of Its History and Present State,...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 3, 2012
Are These London's Finest Knobbly Knees?
Can we recognise these distinctive "knobbly knee" roots as London's finest? I am not talking about body parts. I am sure any knobbly...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 2, 2012
Down and Out in 1930s London
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell's classic book on his experience of rough living, was published in 1933. These photos of...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 27, 2012
Launch of the London Gin Club
The London Gin Club has its official launch party this coming Friday, the 30th March. Members (and non-members) will have a great new...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 25, 2012
Stargate found in Highbury & Islington
I was pleased to spot this street art piece by Public Spirit outside Highbury and Islington Station. I also enjoyed the public spirited...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 23, 2012
Unsettling Gazes at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Forty, somewhat disturbing, figures are dotted around St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. They are all the work of Robert...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 23, 2012
JMW Turner's Twickenham House
Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham was designed, built and lived in by JMW Turner and his father. It was from this house that Turner set off...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 19, 2012
Six Insipid Child Workers from The Temple of Fancy
These images were originally published in 1812 by S & J Fuller at their Temple of Fancy in Rathbone Place. They follow in the long...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 16, 2012
London Pubs in the 1920s
These beautiful photos of London pubs all date from around 1926. These are London pubs as our grandparents and great-grandparents enjoyed th
Peter Berthoud
Mar 14, 2012
London's Longest Running Window Display
A little while ago I wrote about a beautiful decaying window display in Bowes Park, London N22. Well, just around the corner from the...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 29, 2012
London's Naughtiest Planting Troughs?
As Spring approaches our thoughts turn to gardening, well mine do anyway. I have no garden, just an "area", so I am always on the...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 28, 2012
The Most Interesting Underpants in London
In Bowes Park a pair of underpants are gently decaying in public. They have a fascinating and genuinely moving story to tell; now how...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 27, 2012
"Ovi" London's Legendary Egg Eating Dinosaur: Existence Confirmed!
High above the streets of a trendy North London suburb stands this prehistoric raptor known affectionately as "Ovi". Of course there has...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 17, 2012
On Owning Pimlico Tube Station
Over a billion Tube journeys were made last year. Many of these were repeat journeys, people taking the same route to work or study and...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 15, 2012
Garden of Remembrance Desecrated in Piccadilly
Yesterday I was really saddened to see that Southwood Garden in Central London, has just been brutally redeveloped. The tiny Second World...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 11, 2012
Monochrome Flowers Bring Valentine's Colour to Soho
A brand new art exhibition/shop opened in Soho on Friday night (10th Feb) and after Valentine's Day, it will all be gone. Artist Anna...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 10, 2012
Head Turning Exhibition in Berkeley Square
A stunning new temporary exhibition of recent work by Emily Young has just been installed in Berkeley Square, Mayfair. Six gigantic heads...
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