A high resolution panorama overlooking Trafalgar Square at twilight as the lights come on to illuminate Nelson's Column and the National Gallery.
These shots of England's capital city will make you want to book a flight ASAP.
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The incredible, unique pictures here are a selection from the 120 taken by keen photographer Allan Hailstone that feature in his book London: Portrait of a City 1950-1962 .
Since 1948, street photographer Colin O'Brien has been documenting the lives of Londoners, capturing often dramatic episodes which speak eloquently of change yet continuity in the daily existence o...
Disguised as a stranded sailor, American journalist Jack London took to the streets of Whitechapel to document the struggles of London's destitute.
Top Things To Do In Edinburgh – A detailed guide on the 30 best places to visit in Edinburgh including where to eat & drink, activities and accommodation recommendations.
Shondaland and Netflix are giving fans a new series of photos from the hotly anticipated third season of “Bridgerton.”
Hit the bottle while you hit the books.
In contrast to today's rather mundane spawn of coffeehouse chains, the London of the 17th and 18th century was home to an eclectic and thriving coffee drinking scene. Dr Matthew Green explores the halcyon days of the London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fueled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world. From the tar-caked wharves of Wapping to the gorgeous lamp-lit squares of St James’s and Mayfair, visitors to eighteenth-century London were amazed by an efflorescence of coffeehouses. “In London, there are a great number of coffeehouses”, wrote the Swiss noble César de Saussure in 1726, “...workmen habitually
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From the grandeur of Whitehall to an unremarkable high street in south London, a peek behind the capital's facades reveals an amazing architectural heritage that rivals some of its most visited and celebrated sites, as these images from a new English Heritage book illustrate
Traveling to London? London is an incredibly diverse city with something for everyone. Below is our list of don’ts for London to ensure a fantastic trip.
Vidal Sassoon remembered through images of his work, his life and his impact.
Approaching Regina, Saskatchewan, on the Trans-Canada Highway is like turning the first page of an ordinary book and finding that you’re reading a magical pop-up book instead. Within it, wonders, like the Regina Floral Conservatory, the Globe Theatre, and Mosaic Stadium, await.
There are a few things that were made during the fourteenth century that make me wonder why people thought that adding two (or more) specific things together would make something that they could us…
Jack London became one of the most beloved American authors, capturing our imagination with his tales of adventure.
One of my strongest memories of visiting Antigua when I was a child is Nelson's Dockyard, located in English Harbour, so naturally I had to go back when C and I went to the beautiful Caribbean island last month. We got a taxi from our hotel, St James's Club, and just 10minutes later we were
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A guide to the best (and mostly free) places to channel some of the city's greatest writers and celebrate their works.
Catherine Taylor on a Booker-longlisted debut about Orthodox Judaism
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Experience the quintessential English Countryside with this guide to the best villages to visit in the Cotswolds and the best places to see in the Cotswolds.
How did your London borough get its name? Etymology of the 32 boroughs
We loved the cross gartered ivy at the base of the tower. The gardens have been set out in the style of the late 19th century.
Vauxhall Gardens opened in 1661. The most famous of London’s diarist’s, Samuel Pepys, recorded in his diary that he visited Vauxhall Gardens no less than twenty four times. The first time he record…
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a ‘golden age’ and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa […]
Buckingham Palace's breathtaking gardens have been captured in a new book, Buckingham Palace: A Royal Garden, which will be released in April.
In an extract from Hermione Lee's 'The Lives of Houses', the architectural historian Gillian Darley considers Sir John Soane's Museum in London as an autobiography in the form of a house, and the astonishing afterlife it has had among its visitor
