St Paul

A scene that changed forever 66 years ago today… Imagine that you’re standing in St Paul’s Churchyard, across the road from Peter’s Hill – the somehow unsatisfying approach route to the no-longer-wobbly bridge. Looking East along Cannon Street there’s little to see these days. Modern …

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 13. Pilgrim Street Where? That set of steps you see leads up from New Bridge Street into a small lane known as Pilgrim Street. The view from the other end is equally impressive, with the wedding-cake …

Blimey, we’re up to number 20 already. Thanks to everyone who’s sent in all these absurdly doctored images of London. Check out the archives if you haven’t already. Some corkers in there. This week’s image is another play on the ‘make our old buildings taller‘ …

Colin Gregory Palmer is the top contributor to the Londonist Flickr Pool and uploads consistently splendid photographs. He seems to be off cataloging America at the moment which gives the rest of us a slim chance to catch him up. Be sure to check out …

1940 St. Paul’s is hit by bombs. One myth of the Battle of Britain was that St Paul’s Cathedral remained untouched (Churchill had insisted on it). However, the cathedral was hit on this day in 1940 (and again on April 17th 1941) and the Choir …

Godspeed, St Paul’s. It seems you can’t keep space travel out of the London news at the moment. So it’s very apt that James B should send us this ‘rocket from the crypt’. We think the space tourists might have to speak up a bit …

Some of you might recall that a few years ago the Central Line was suspended for almost three months, following a derailment at Chancery Lane. At that time, this meant that this Londonista’s daily commute often involved walking from Bank to Holborn, past St Paul’s …

This week, in our ongoing quest to explore interesting bits of London that we’ve not yet experienced, we decided to act like tourists. No, we’re not talking about congregating in large groups and milling around aimlessly in front of ticket barriers and escalators, although that …

We’ve always thought there was something vespine about those new flats next to Vauxhall Bridge. So it’s good to have confirmation that we’re not the only ones. Reader Tanny sent in this rather disturbing image of giant wasps and mantis at St George’s Wharf. Some …

This week’s effort comes from an ‘Andy Nomynous’ (that may not be his real name). This one’s just plain scary – and that’s before we consider the clock. Think about the health and safety issues. If that boat hits a rock, the small child is …