London tales and stories

Want to know more about quirky London stuff, see inside museums, discover less well-known parts of the capital? Why not follow my blog at www.stuffaboutlondon.co.uk? You can see excerpts from the most recent half a dozen posts below, but there are well over 100 more on the website.

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  • To the high seas! with tales of exploration, piracy and 1970’s ‘practical archeology’. We’re on Bankside, at St Mary Overy Dock. ‘St Mary Overy’ was […] The post The Bankside Reconstruction of Drake’s ‘The Golden Hinde’ first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • Have you heard of the family Stein? There’s Gert and there’s Ep and there’s Ein Gert’s poetry’s bunk Ep’s statues are junk And no one […] The post Epstein’s Einstein at the V&A first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • To the Garden Museum in the old St Mary at Lambeth church (burial place of William Bligh, of ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ fame), hard by […] The post ‘Lost Gardens of London’ at the Garden Museum first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • If you enjoy this blog and you’re keen to have a London tour with me, in January and February I’m planning on doing some ‘public’ […] The post Come for a walk with me this winter first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • As well as Marble Arch to the north, Park Lane has at its opposite end what is now called the Wellington Arch. This is just […] The post The Wellington (aka Green Park or Constitution Hill) Arch first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • Hop on the fast train from St Pancras and you can be in Dover in a little over an hour. Grab a cab from the […] The post Days Out: The Wonderful Dover Castle first appeared on Stuff About London.