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November 19, 2007

Time Out recently presented St Pancras Station as their inaugural 'Wonder of London'. Profile Books goes a couple of stages further by including the terminus in its 'wonders of the world' series - buildings and monuments, such as the Colosseum, Stonehenge and the Forbidden City, whose 'names will be familiar to almost everyone'. We're not sure if the station is quite in that category yet. It's doubtful it has anything like the global and......

Continue Reading "Book Review: St Pancras Station by Simon Bradley"

November 14, 2007

A week after opening for the Queen, St Pancras International is finally ready for the likes of us. The station has been restored beyond its former glory. Britain's answer to Central Station is ready for business. Everyone knows by now that the sumptious Euston Road frontage to the station was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. But what else in London did the Great Scott design? Time to dust off our old 'Stalks' series,......

Continue Reading "Londonist Stalks: Sir George Gilbert Scott"

October 1, 2007

This Week In London’s History Monday – 1st October 1868: St. Pancras Station is officially opened as the London terminus for the Midland Railway, despite its construction being incomplete. Part of the buildings would form the iconic gothic St. Pancras Chambers, which housed the Midland Grand Hotel. Tuesday – 2nd October 1909: Twickenham Stadium hosts its first ever rugby match, with Harlequins beating Richmond 14-10. Wednesday – 3rd October 1975: After three days of......

Continue Reading "Monday Miscellanea"

August 30, 2006

Having spent an enjoyable couple of hours exploring leafy Holland Park last week, our next mission in our continuing quest to find out more about the city we live in was to investigate some parts of the decidedly more urban locale of St Pancras (sans audio-guide this time). Our first stop was to be St Pancras Old Church, at the top end of Pancras Road. Easier said than done, as it happens – we......

Continue Reading "Londonist Gets Off Its Arse: Some Bits Of St Pancras (Part 1)"

May 19, 2006

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside the London Academy school in Edgware yesterday afternoon. The former Midland Grand Hotel, next to St Pancras, is to reopen in 2009 after a 100 million-pound refurbishment. Ken has published a report which calculates that this year's Living Wage for London is £7.05 an hour. Thames Water will not be imposing a drought order...yet. Ken again: writing in the Independent this time, and claiming that Blair's......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"

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