Quirky London

Croydon’s Cameo: How a South London Shopping Mall Became the Star of a Taylor Swift Video

Croydon’s Whitgift Centre — a cavernous 1970s shopping mall that feels as architecturally unresolved as its future — now flickers…

3 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”…

3 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,…

3 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

The False Wolf Spider: London’s Most Misunderstood Flatmate

London is a city that prides itself on tolerance. We welcome foxes into Zone 2 gardens, parakeets onto suburban bird…

5 months ago

The Soviet Tank That Defied Southwark Council: The Strange, Glorious Life of “Stompie”

On a quiet patch of land off the Old Kent Road once stood a Soviet tank—yes, an actual tank—graffitied in…

6 months ago

The Coolest Launderette in London

A laundrette with soul Hidden among the sculptural concrete of the Barbican Estate hums a survivor from another age —…

7 months ago

The Farm House, Mayfair’s Gothic Oddity

In Mayfair, that district of polished limestone and quiet money, there stands a building that refuses to behave. At 22…

7 months ago

Too Much London: The Real Film Locations Behind Lena Dunham’s Netflix Drama

London doesn’t just set the stage for Too Much — it steals scenes.In Lena Dunham and Luis Felber’s Netflix drama, the city…

7 months ago

Pharaoh’s Island: The Thames’ Most Curious Kingdom

On a languid bend of the River Thames, nestled somewhere between Shepperton and Weybridge, lies a place that sounds like…

8 months ago

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