The streets of central London, and Whitehall in particular, are scattered with memorials to the various branches of the Armed Forces. Halfway along Whitehall Place there’s a rather special one – a group of five strong-jawed soldiers in berets representing the Royal Tank Regiment. The Royal Tank Regiment Memorial Statue was unveiled by their Colonel […]
Inside The Dulwich Street Art Festival @ 265 Lordship Lane
As I mentioned on the Londoneer last week, street artists from London and beyond have been transforming the Dulwich streetscape with new murals as part of ‘Baroque the Streets’ – a nine day long collaboration between Street Art London and the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Much of their energy has been focused on 265 Lordship Lane, […]
London’s Most Colourful Pop-Up – Greenwich’s Movement Cafe
Alight at Greenwich National Rail station or its equivalent DLR stop and you’ll find yourself next to a large new housing development that’s currently under construction. A common site in London’s suburbs you might think, but head away from the station towards the main road and you’ll discover some public art work on the hoardings […]
Greenwich’s Painted Hall – More Restoration Work Completed
One of the buildings that forms part of Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College contains some of the most spectacular interiors to be found anywhere in London – feast your eyes on the Painted Hall. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor, and executed to designs by James Thornhill, nearly every surface in the building […]
A New Look For Kensington Palace Gardens
Kensington Palace Gardens have been given a whole new look: a face lift, you could say. Last year a competition was held to revive Kensington Palace and the public spaces around it, with landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan winning the garden component. With work completed just in time for last year’s Diamond Jubilee (and allowing plenty of […]
The Surprising Delights of Grosvenor Gardens
If you’ve not visited recently you won’t know that the area around Victoria station looks rather like a war zone at the moment, as the developers have recently razed entire streets near the station, flattening office blocks, shops, apartments and a hotel for a new site which will rival Cardinal Place, which was built on […]
Fine Tudor & Stuart Fashion Explored @ The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Opening earlier this week, the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace is now showing a new exhibition featuring high fashion from the 15th and 16th centuries, In Fine Style – The Art Of Tudor And Stuart Fashion. Set throughout the gallery’s sumptuous interiors you’ll find portraits and tableaus from the Royal Collection and elsewhere which have […]
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