For centuries, Caslon was the default typeface in the English language. William Caslon set up his type foundry in Chiswell St in 1737, where it operated without any significant change in the methods ...

In common with all the shops in Calvert Avenue, leading up to Arnold Circus on the Boundary Estate, Leila’s Shop is being challenged by Tower Hamlets Council with eviction or 300% rent increase this ...

To be candid, there is not a lot left of old Rotherhithe – yet what remains is still powerfully evocative of the centuries of thriving maritime industry that once defined the identity of this place.

When the summer heat hits the city and the streets get dusty and dry, I like to seek refuge in the green shade of a cemetery. Commonly, I visit Bow Cemetery – but recently I went along to explore ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July Here is a selection of Ron McCormick’s splendid pictures from the seventies when he ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July Tepidarium at Billingsgate Roman bathhouse In Lower Thames St, where the traffic roars ...

Click here to book for my City of London Tour on Sunday 13th July and my Spitalfields Tour on Saturday 19th July Ed Gray introduces his new exhibition, Streetlife Serenade: 30 Years of Painting City ...