Bloomsbury is a lovely area for a spot of London exploration, with its literary heritage, beautiful Georgian architecture and leafy garden squares. Overlooking one such square, Russell Square, you will find the impressive Kimpton Fitzroy London hotel. Its many carvings and ornate decorations make it a real architectural feast for the eyes. I have admired […] The post The Hotel With Links To The Titanic: A Visit To Bloomsbury’s Kimpton Fitzroy London appeared first on Living London History.| Living London History
The Museum of London Docklands has a new exhibition (until 1st March 2026) called Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London’s Lost Treasures. It is the UK’s first major exhibition about mudlarking and looks at lots of the amazing items that have been found on the foreshore of the river, as well as mudlarking as a […] The post Eight Highlights Of The Secrets Of The Thames Mudlarking Exhibition appeared first on Living London History.| Living London History
You may well be familiar with the Holborn Viaduct, an impressive Victorian construction acting as a bridge over Farringdon Street linking Newgate Street and Holborn. Did you know though that it was once home to the world’s first ever coal-fired power station? The Holborn Viaduct Down the Western edge of London once ran the Fleet […]| Living London History
Often in London and its history, things are not quite as they seem. Tucked down a secluded lane between the busy Strand and the Embankment, you will find the Strand Lane ‘Roman Bath’. It is, however, neither Roman, nor originally a bath. I recently managed to visit this particular spot when they had a free […] The post The Strand Lane Roman Bath: A history appeared first on Living London History.| Living London History
Nestled in the Chess Valley in Buckinghamshire, not far from Chalfont and Latimer Metropolitan Line station, is an attractive red-brick, neo-Tudor mansion. Called Latimer House, the site has a history stretching back centuries as an aristocratic manor house. It also has an extraordinary World War Two story, when it was used to house, and extract […] The post When The Walls Had Ears: The Secret history Of Latimer House appeared first on Living London History.| Living London History
The Royal Opera House is a great London institution and, the building itself, an ornate and eye-catching landmark in Covent Garden. For nearly 300 years now, theatre, operas, ballet and more have been performed for the London public from this spot. The on-stage stories are naturally very dramatic, but the building itself also has a […] The post The Dramatic History Of The Royal Opera House appeared first on Living London History.| Living London History
