Set up on a derelict site in the centre of Dalston, Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich has created a new eye-bending illusion, the ‘Dalston House’. The ‘Dalston House’ is a reproduction of the frontage of a typical three-storey London house which has been commissioned by the Barbican as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2013. […]

When she ascended the throne in 1952 the Queen became responsible for seven royal palaces in London – Buckingham Palace (her weekday residence and workplace which she is understood to call ‘the office’), Kensington Palace, St James’ Palace (which continues to be the official residence of the reigning monarch in London), Hampton Court Palace, the […]

When it was home to groups of protesters, Parliament Square was pretty much inaccessible, but in May the final groups left. It has now had its crossings reinstated (so you don’t have to dash across four lanes of traffic to reach it) and the grass is now a great spot for tourists to sit around […]

The Pink Singers are Europe’s oldest LGBT community choir, and to celebrate it’s thirty years of entertaining Londoners an exhibition has been established in London at the 3Space charity’s venue in Blackfriars – Singing The Changes, which opened last weekend. Although the choir features throughout, the 32 metres of text, artifacts, video footage and audio […]

With great pleasure I accepted an invitation to guide a walk for Open Garden Squares Weekend under the auspices of the London Parks & Gardens Trust in association with the National Trust.  This annual showcase of London’s greenery is now in its 15th year, and a great opportunity to look into those gardens and squares […]

This weekend marked the welcome return of the annual Open Garden Squares events, which give Londoners the opportunity to explore those green spaces in the city that are sometimes overlooked. I made two visits over the weekend – the Brunel Museum’s shaft-top garden yesterday, and today the South London Botanical Institute’s garden down in Tulse […]