LONDON on the Ground

When Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan first met Charles Dickens, she lived in Islington. What was his interest in her? Dickens’ 13 year relationship...

Her legacy in Islington, the City of London and Hertfordshire has lasted more than four centuries and includes one of the country’s...

The Parliament architect honed his Gothic Revival design skills on four Islington churches. Architect Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) is...

Islington's Business Design Centre has a history of festive family fairs in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Business Design...

The Old Queen's Head, Victorian on the outside and Tudor inside. The popular North London watering hole on Essex Road appears to be like...

The challenger to Smithfield closed in 1837 after less than a year. A couple of years ago, at one of the excellent exhibitions at the...

See some of the London that the artist and writer feared was disappearing in the 1960s and 1970s. Best known for his 1962 book The London...

The North London stadium was unique in football architecture, motivated by an innovative manager and inspiring generations of Arsenal...

A drawing of Clerkenwell in 1560, two years into the reign of Elizabeth I, shows some features still visible today, sort of. Published in...

Angel Wings is a year-round 'Christmas decoration' on an epic scale, a play on the Angel Islington's name and link to the Nativity story.

Once a Victorian self-education institute, Salvation Army barracks and a novelties store, it's now one of London's best loved theatres....

An Islington school has a Grade II listed 1964 public artwork by William Mitchell. Outside the City of London Academy Islington, a...

Tours of the little known Islington clock tower offer fabulous views. It may not be one of London's better known attractions, but it is...

A one-off 19th century square in the Barnsbury area of Islington. Praised as "a unique, intense and immaculately composed piece of...

Originally an electricity sub-station, the Islington landmark has been an antiques mall and home to several retailers. The building...

The view towards St Pancras station down Pentonville Road looking west was painted by Irish painter John O'Connor in 1884. The painting's...

Compare the view today with how it appeared in 1789. St Mary's Church on Upper Street in Islington is offering a rare opportunity to tour...

Timber blocks once paved much of London. Some of it can still be seen. Introduced from the early 19th century, wood paving has a number...

George Jennings should be much better known. He, and not Thomas Crapper, invented the flush toilet. 19th century installations bearing...

An old greetings card shows 'The Village of Islington or Iseldon In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I'. I recently came across an old...