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View of the week: Lassco Brunswick House
Lassco Brunswick House and cafe in Vauxhall is the kind of place you go when your shopping list includes hand-carved garden settings, British Museum library tables, vintage aluminium suitcases, American flags, kitsch movie posters, wig stands, cut-glass chandeliers, stuffed bobcats, church pulpits and stained glass, ex-National Opera costumes, African tribal masks, Bicorne hat boxes, ammonite fossils, harmoniums, model airplanes, Regency fireplaces, and Carrara marble toilets. […]
History of science mini-marathon
April 26, 2012
Coming to London for the 2012 Olympics? Keen to see more than back-to-back sporting events? Grab your camera and walking shoes, and check out these history of science hot spots, all within a short distance of Piccadilly Circus. If you’re really keen, you can get this mini-marathon done in a single day. Be sure to […]
Brain-fest! “Garden Marathon” this weekend @ Serpentine Gallery
October 12, 2011
This weekend the Serpentine Art Gallery hosts its sixth annual ideas marathon, where a swag of speakers from the arts and sciences converge to discuss their work, as well as the latest research in their fields, under the umbrella of a particular theme. This year’s theme, “The Garden”, takes its inspiration from the 2011 Serpentine pavilion, designed […]
Hatfield House – five Moore days left
September 25, 2011
A few weeks ago, wanting to take full advantage of a rare summery day, we cast about for a new outdoor destination with a bit of culture thrown in, easily accessible by train and not too far from home. We found it in Hatfield House, a historic home only 21 miles north of central London. […]
Marlborough House – don’t be late!
August 10, 2011
A few weeks ago we toured the Grade-1 listed Marlborough House, home of the Commonwealth Secretariat & the Commonwealth Foundation, just off Pall Mall. Luckily we ran the short distance from Green Park tube, and I advise you to do the same if you think you are running late, as the tour guide (below), doing a […]
Art Deco delight: a peek inside Fleet Street’s old Daily Express
August 4, 2011
For architecture aficionados seeking their next dose of Art Deco design, keep an eye on the upcoming event listings for Open House London, being held this year on the 17th & 18th of September. On past Open House weekends, the shiny foyer of the former Daily Express building on Fleet Street has been a prominent and eminently photogenic drawcard. In […]
The Isokon – Lawn Road Flats, Hampstead
June 23, 2011
The Isokon building rises above its homely Hampstead neighbours like a majestic ocean liner about to set sail. This streamlined Art Deco beauty, also known as Lawn Road Flats, was designed by Canadian architect Wells Coates (1895 – 1958) for English furniture designer Jack Pritchard (1899 – 1992) and his wife Molly, and was completed in 1934. It was the […]
London’s best address? (The) Albany, Piccadilly
June 14, 2011
The Albany is discreetly positioned in Albany Court Yard, just off bustling Piccadilly, but it might be another world away. Drawing above, circa 1830, by Thomas H. Shepherd (1792 – 1864). The only difference between then and now seems to be the mode of transport, and the changing fashion for putting a “the” in front of the word […]
From Casanova’s courtesan to Catholic ministries: the newly-restored St Patrick’s on Soho Square
June 3, 2011
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, on the eastern side of colourful Soho Square, has reopened after 14 months of renovations, at a cost of £3.5 million. New additions include a marble apse, a new baptistry chapel housing relic images, and an extensive underground fit-out – industrial kitchen, prayer room, classroom, offices and a community room. The church […]
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