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London Open House Weekend is almost here again. With over 800 London buildings to be explored over the weekend it can be a bit bewildering which ones to see, so the Footprints of London team have come up with their suggestions. Jen Pedler I’m stewarding at Imperial Hall – formerly the Leysian Mission – that wonderful…
Read moreWith our Literary Footprints Festival starting in a couple of weeks, here is the first in a new series of posts on London Literary locations. Michael Duncan looks at Brown’s in Dover Street Brown’s which opened in 1837 claims to be London’s first hotel. It was opened by James Brown who was butler to Lord Byron…
Read moreTo celebrate our forthcoming Bleeding London evening on 31st October, here is another of our favourite London streets. This time Robin Rowles recommends Poppin’s Court running north of Fleet Street. Originally Poppinjaye Alley. The Popinjay was the symbol of the Abbots of Chichester and the Hostel of the Abbot and Convent of Chichester was here (or…
Read moreTo celebrate our forthcoming Bleeding London evening on 31st October, here is another of our favourite London streets. This time Jen Pedler and Joanna Moncrieff nominate Grotto Passage Grotto Passage – off Paddington Street, Marylebone named after John Castles a shell designer/entrepreneur who exhibited and sold his creations (1737 until his death in 1757) from…
Read moreTo celebrate our forthcoming Bleeding London evening on 31st October, heres another of our favourite London streets. This time Neil Sinclair chooses the atmospheric Shad Thames Shad Thames in Bermondsey takes its name from a church called St John at Thames which stood on the site until 1836. The church in turn was built upon…
Read moreContinuing our series on the legacy of Kings and Queens in London – this time King Stephen and the woman who he seized the throne from – Matilda We talked about Henry I‘s death from eating lamphrey eels last time. His daughter Matilda was his formal heir. At the Christmas court of 1126 Henry required…
Read moreOn 31st October Footprints of London is hosting an event called Bleeding London – a joint event with the Royal Photographic Society. The event, part of the Literary Footprints festival combines readings from the 1997 Whitbread short-listed novel, Bleeding London by Geoff Nicholson with a preview of some of the photographs from the most ambitious…
Read moreRob Smith reviews the Virginia Woolf: Art Life and Vision exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery There are writers who set books in London and there are writers who’s work is driven by London. Virginia Woolf falls into the latter category, she felt it harder to work away from the streets of London. As well as…
Read moreThe Leadenhall Building, better known as the Cheesegrater opened its new undercroft area today, and it includes an exhibition about this dramatic addition to the City skyline. The Richard Rogers designed building has some interesting features, designed to keep the cost of running the building down. Instead of a solid concrete core to hang the…
Read moreWhat’s your favourite London statue? There are hundreds of major outdoor works in London. Footprints of London’s very own Hazel spoke with Robert Elms from BBC London 94.9FM about her favourite statues. Listen to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02494gc Hazel is on between 32:35-37:49 Sir Thomas More is known as a Tudor Scholar & Statesman. His statue sits…
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