Eric Patcham

The Real London Locations of Slow Horses

If you’re a fan of Slow Horses, the sharp, gritty, and unpolished spy series adapted from Mick Herron’s bestselling books, you…

2 months ago

The Decapitated Heads of London Bridge

For over 300 years, London Bridge was infamous for displaying the severed heads of traitors and rebels, mounted on spikes…

2 months ago

The Notting Hill Bookshop: A Real-Life Rom-Com Landmark

If you’ve ever dreamed of wandering into a bookshop and finding a real-life romance—à la Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts…

2 months ago

Three Mills Island

There is a stretch of East London where the city seems to hesitate—where glass towers pause at a polite distance,…

2 months ago

Why Wandsworth Common Is One of London’s Best Local Parks

There are parks in London that announce themselves loudly — royal, curated, slightly self-conscious about their own beauty. And then…

2 months ago

The Adams Family: Inside London’s Most Feared Crime Syndicate

For decades, whispers of the "A-Team" sent shudders through North London's criminal underworld. The Adams family—no relation to the fictional…

2 months ago

The Harrods Zoo

For nearly two decades in the early 20th century, Harrods Pet Department sold the most exotic animals you could imagine.

2 months ago

Mudchute Farm: Sheep & Skycrapers

A 32-Acre Urban Farm in the Shadow of Canary Wharf If you’re looking for unusual things to do in London, Mudchute…

2 months ago

A Whovian’s Guide to Doctor Who’s Best London Locations

Time-Traveling Through the City of London For fans of Doctor Who, London is a treasure trove of real-life filming locations that…

2 months ago

London’s Seals: Where to Spot Them

There is something faintly disobedient about seeing a seal in London. A seal belongs, surely, to postcard coasts and salt-bitten…

3 months ago

Thames Mudlarking: Hunting for Buried Treasure

Welcome to the age-old, utterly addictive pastime of mudlarking, where ordinary folks turn into part-time treasure hunters on the riverbanks of…

3 months ago

Hackney Council Swaps Tractors for Horses

Hackney Council is trying something in Springfield Park that looks, at first glance, faintly surreal: heavy horses working the land…

3 months ago

The Foxes of London

Everything you need to know about London's foxes..

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Hackney Wick: London’s Riverside Creative Frontier

Hackney Wick sits on the eastern edge of London like a slightly mischievous cousin at the city’s dinner table—creative, scruffy,…

3 months ago

Little Green Street, Kentish Town: The Tiny Georgian Lane That Time Forgot

Tucked just off Highgate Road, Little Green Street is one of north London’s loveliest oddities: a short cobbled row of…

3 months ago

Clapham Common

There are parks in London designed to impress. Clapham Common was designed to be used. Two hundred and twenty acres…

3 months ago

Is Catford a Nice Place to Live? A Local Guide

Catford doesn’t sell itself easily. It’s not trying to be Brockley. It’s not quite Lewisham. And it’s certainly not pretending…

3 months ago

Crews Hill: London’s Garden State

There are parts of London that shout. Crews Hill does not. It sits at the city’s northern lip, technically in…

4 months ago

Meridian Water: London’s Most Ambitious Reinvention?

There are parts of London that arrive fully formed — stuccoed, smug, Instagram-ready. And then there are parts that feel…

4 months ago

Edgware Road: Where London Eats After Midnight

Edgware Road doesn’t unfold so much as it insists. A long, stubborn line cutting north out of central London, it…

4 months ago

The Camberwell Carrot: South London’s Most Elaborate Fiction

Some neighbourhoods give the world cathedrals. Some give it revolutions. Camberwell gave it a very large spliff. The “Camberwell Carrot”…

4 months ago

Postman’s Park: London’s Secret Memorial to Everyday Heroes

Walk long enough through the City of London and you’ll find it: a small, sun-dappled square behind St Botolph’s Aldersgate,…

4 months ago

Crouch End: A Quick Guide

Imagine, if you will, a “village” nestled within London’s broader tapestry—less overtly trendy than Shoreditch, more mysteriously magnetic.

4 months ago

The Thin House of Thurloe Square

Stand at the wrong angle on Thurloe Square and you’ll miss it entirely. Blink and it disappears, slipping into the…

4 months ago

Canary Wharf: Where London Goes Vertical

For all its centuries of low-rise sprawl and horizontal charm, London has always flirted with the idea of going up.…

4 months ago

Staple Inn: The Tudor Phantom on High Holborn

Step out of Chancery Lane station and the city greets you with its usual chrome-and-glass confidence, all brisk shoes and…

4 months ago

The Isle of Dogs: A Short History

Stand on the river wall at Island Gardens and the Thames curves round you like a sly grin. The Isle…

4 months ago

The Spanish Community of London

In London a city of haste and hard edges, one might not immediately think of flamenco guitars, seaside siestas or…

5 months ago

Is Lewisham a Nice Place to Live?

Lewisham has a reputation problem. Mention it, and people picture traffic, towers, a place you pass through rather than arrive…

5 months ago

Duck Island Cottage, St James’ Park: London’s Fairytale House

If you’ve ever walked through St James's Park paused on the Blue Bridge and clocked the gingerbread house on the…

5 months ago

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