The Sherlock Holmes Mural of Baker Street

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Pickering Place: London’s Smallest Public Square

London is very good at hiding things in plain sight. Entire alleys vanish between shopfronts.…

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Inside the South London Lab Helping to Save the World’s Coral Reefs

London is miles from the sea and even further from the warm, bright waters where…

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Spa Road Station: London’s First Railway Terminus Was a Cramped Bermondsey Afterthought

London’s railway age did not begin beneath the grand iron ribs of King’s Cross, nor…

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Lincoln’s Inn Fields: London’s Largest Public Square

At roughly 4.5 hectares (about 11 acres), it is significantly larger than Leicester Square or Trafalgar Square.

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The Hackney Turks and Tottenham Turks: London’s Long-Running Turkish Gang War

One of the most disturbing examples in modern London crime is the long-running feud between…

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The London Bank Job Inspired by Sherlock Holmes

One of the strangest Sherlock Holmes stories ever attached to Baker Street did not come…

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