LONDON on the Ground

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...

I took my camera to an occasion resplendent with ceremony, pageantry and symbolism. The Royal Accession Proclamation took place on the...

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...

The pub is named after a self-proclaimed specialist in nervous disorders, who had no medical degree. According to its website a pub was...

An exquisitely shaped frieze depicting skilled craftsmen adorns a red brick Victorian building in the City of London. The building is...

Cross the Millennium Bridge and see tiny artworks painted on old chewing gum in the grid of the walkway. For years I walked across the...

Britain's first modernist block of flats was home to intellectuals, spies and Agatha Christie. The strikingly sleek and simple 1930s...

A quiet Islington side street tells of urbanisation, social history, post war reconstruction - and two walls. Britannia Row is a quiet...

Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage' inspired a 22ft sculpture at BT's brutalist City of London building. The statue, entitled 'Seven...

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee prompts a look at ten public statues of six past queens in the City of London. By my count, ten statues of...

Named after a friend of Winston Churchill and designed by an architect who preferred candles to electric light. Bracken House, the City...

12th century Temple Church is one of the most historic and architecturally significant churches in the City of London The church was...

My favourite London songs part two: top 10 songs about or inspired by London (but without 'London' in the title). The first part revealed...

For the holiday season, this is a departure from my usual history-themed writing, but still very much about London. It reveals my...

Unusual bronze sculpture evokes a guild of knights of 1,000 years ago. This impressive work of art in the east of the City of London was...

London was the Liverpool band's backdrop and stage. This picture, taken by photographer Ethan Russell on 30 January 1969, combines two of...

A poem and sculpture hidden away in the City of London commemorates the abolition of the slave trade. Sculpted by Michael Visocchi with...