A lovely new exhibition opens today in London at the Charles Dickens museum, all about his story Oliver Twist. If you haven't been to the...

One of the best things about the City of London is the amount of secret little nooks and crannies hidden down tiny alleyways and round...

Highgate Cemetery is one of the loveliest sights to see in North London, with winding alleyways among a huge number of gravestones, home...

In 2019 I was lucky enough to go to the mountain kingdom of Bhutan. It is one of the most incredible countries I have ever been to, and...

It's very rare that the mercury in London dips low enough to change how London looks, but in recent weeks we had a cold snap that froze...

I have taken to going for some lovely long walks around London, through areas I know well and some I don't, and I have been really relishing

Very occasionally you have an experience that is both so overwhelmingly humbling that it takes you by surprise. I had this very...

Every November in London, there is a stillness in the air. The advent of the autumn : the chill in the air, the russet leaves swirling...

The first morning of lockdown arrived, and with it a chilly air and a thick blanket of fog. As if the weather had encapsulated the mood...

This week I ventured down to Richmond to visit the King's Observatory. Most people are aware of the observatory based in Greenwich, which...

Brutalism has proved to be very divisive - some people love the stark lines and moody functionality, others find it oppressive or ugly.

These sea forts were built as one of 3 clusters in the Thames Estuary, with the sole purpose of shooting down enemy aircraft during WW2