Random encounters with the unusual

If you’ve ever visited London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (commonly known as the V&A) in South Kensington, you probably went in via the...

A few roads over from Chester Square in London where the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, lived from 1846 to 1851 is the home of anoth...

The above picture shows the remains of London’s Mithraeum, or Temple of Mithras. Although the temple dates from the 3rd century, and was r...

Chester Square in Belgravia, just to the south-west of Buckingham Palace, is one of London’s most expensive addresses. Chester Square was bu...

The church shown in the below photos is All Hallows-by-the-Tower, which is located on Byward Street near the Tower of London. Dating from ...

In a city where land is a scarce commodity it is somewhat surprising to come across a ruined building that is allowed to remain untouched. T...

“Of” is one of the commonest words in the English language, and one that’s noticeably low on information content. So it’s surprising to se...

One of the fascinating things about London is the way some of its most unusual and little-known sights can be found just a stone’s throw f...

At the southern end of London Bridge, in the shadow of the spike-shaped building “The Shard”, is another spike shaped structure. This struct...