But, fortunately for them, Peggy Metaxas, is waiting to offer a plate of food or a cup of tea before putting them on the right path again. Peggy has been presiding here as long as anyone can remember, ...

In these dreamy days of high summer, I often think of my old cat Mr Pussy. While Londoners luxuriate in the warmth of summer, I miss Mr Pussy who endured the hindrance of a fur coat, spending his ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on 19th July . It is my pleasure to publish these evocative pictures of the East End (with some occasionally ...

John Betjeman on Liverpool St Station c1961, photograph by David Sim . If you have not yet objected to the monstrous block they want to plonk on top of Liverpool St St Station, the deadline is 4th ...

CLICK HERE TO BOOK . I am delighted to announce that Spitalfields baker, George Fuest of POPULATIONS BAKERY has opened his first bakery shop this week, where you can buy his creations over the counter ...

CLICK HERE TO BOOK . There is spot where my eyes fall as I enter the house between the front door and the foot of the stair, where I always felt there was something missing and it was only when I ...

CLICK HERE TO BOOK . Novelist Kate Griffin returns to The Monument, half a century after her first visit. If you lay The Monument on its side to the West, the flame hits the spot in Pudding Lane where ...