Standing well above eye level on the corner of Cock Lane (*giggle*) and Giltspur Street on what used to be a rather unpalatable part of the City of London, there’s a statue of a curiously fat golden boy, arms crossed and staring petulantly into the distance. This is the very spot where the Great Fire …
Ensconced down a small side street off of The Strand near Covent Garden, Carting Lane is home to one of the 19th century’s most bizarre inventions. On the face of it, it looks like the other gas lamps dotted around the area, but the Patent Sewer Ventilating Lamp is anything but. To understand the lamp, …
Any walk through Soho throws up all kinds of oddities, from noses plastered against the walls to the seedy sex shops. Still, there’s one that often flies under the radar and it’s located outside The John Snow pub on Broad Street: the Broad Street Pump. Why does the pump exist? More importantly, what’s the story …
London – we all know it. That massive heap of buildings, parks and weird (but wonderful) people who can’t look at each other on public transport. No wonder London has attracted a fair few nicknames over the years. I’ll wager you’ve heard of some of London’s nicknames – like The Big Smoke – but maybe …
Want to find out about parliament’s numerous history and oddities? Here are 32 cool and interesting facts about the Houses of Parliament. The Houses of Parliament shape the lives of every single citizen in the UK, but how much do you really know about it? I recently visited Parliament on a tour and was fascinated …
