Christopher Wren

A vertiginous staircase, a giant model of the cathedral, and impressive views.

Photographer Nick Wood and design agency Hayes Davidson have drawn up some images of how the Shard will look from around London when it opens next year.

This morning, the roof terrace on top of One New Change is scheduled to open to the public. It’ll be open every day, between 6am and 1am, and access is free. We went to the launch party on Tuesday evening and, despite the plenitude of …

Got a spare few mil cooling in the bank and on the hunt for a new crib? A once-abandoned church tower on Greyfriars Passage in the City, designed by Christopher Wren, is for sale as a house. An ad on Prime Location placed by Foxtons, …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 9th March 1994: In the first of three unsuccessful attacks, the IRA fires five mortars into the grounds of Heathrow airport. None of the mortars explode. Tuesday – 10th March 1906: The ‘Baker Street & Waterloo Railway’ opens, …

After an 18-month closure and £4.5 million worth of work, The Monument will re-open to the public on Monday, February 16th. The most visible sign of improvement is the new balustrade and cage on the viewing platform, which will greet visitors at the top of …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 1st December 1919: In Westminster, Nancy Astor becomes the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. Tuesday – 2nd December 1697: The first service is held in Sir Christopher Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral, …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 10th March 1906: The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opens, running between Baker Street and Elephant & Castle stations. It would soon become known as the Bakerloo Line. Tuesday – 11th March 1692: The Royal Chelsea Hospital is …

Last week we challenged you to peer into alternative universes and find out what London would have been like had history taken a different course. Roll the Dice sent in this Teutonic take on the Tube. Had the Germans won either of the world wars, …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 16th July 1924: Crowds of photographers, reporters and ‘autograph seekers’ greet the pilots of the first (successful) round-the-world flight as it landed at Croydon airport for its London stopover. Tuesday – 17th July 1974: A bomb explodes in …