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Bath’s Royal Crescent

Bath’s Royal Crescent is a street of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent.  It was designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774.  As one of the […]

African Water Lilies

Despite their name, water lilies are not related to the true lilies (family Liliaceae). The name “lily” is applied to a number of plants that are not at all closely […]

Flat Cap Coffee Cart

This little coffee stall makes a welcome stop if you’re walking between Victoria and Westminster.  The little cart stands just outside the Strutton Arms pub, and sells delicious Square Mile […]

The Fourth Plinth gets the Blues

There is a plinth at each corner of Trafalgar Square. The two plinths on the south side carry sculptures of Henry Havelock and Charles James Napier. The northeastern plinth, carries an equestrian statue of George […]