Feeding the Curious Mind
How to Lose a Battle in Barnet
Barnet in north London will probably admit it is not very famous for landmarks in British history. Even today, it is a normal urban part of London like so many other boroughs. However, on the 14th April 1471, it was the location of a battle which had consequences for who would next wear the Royal…
Interviewed by Estelle Van de Velde
The Author and YouTube broadcaster Estelle Van de Velde recently asked to interview me about my writing philosophy, style and output. It was first broadcast on 30th May 2023 and if you click on the link below, you will be taken straight to it.
Sold to You the Reader
Auction Houses are located in many towns and cities around the world. They can vary from small local companies selling furniture and other household pieces which may sell for conservative amounts right up to the largest and most prestigious, auctioning fine art and other valuable collectables for millions of pounds. London, of course, does not…
Hopping on the Tube
Taking the London Underground can be quite a chore, especially in the rush-hours. There are stairs to climb and sometimes it feels as though you’re walking down endless tunnels to reach your particular platform. Perhaps one of the reasons for this is that London was the first to have an underground railway. These days, most…
Mind the Ghost! Phantoms on the Underground
When I research stories about London, it appears that there are more ghosts in London than living people. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but when I researched my book “Secret Haunted London” available on Amazon, it seems that every pub in London boasts a ghost of some sort. And I don’t mean the…
London’s Biggest Park
This you may think is easy. It must be Hyde Park which stretches from Park Lane in the east, until it reaches Kensington Gardens. But it’s not. The winner is out to the south-west of London and is called Richmond Park. It covers an area of 2,740 acres and boasts herds of both Red and…
Keeping an Eye on London
This has nothing to do with the police or any of the other authorities charged with looking after London and its citizens. Instead, it refers to one of the most visible new landmarks in the centre of the capitol. I am of course talking about the London Eye which is a very large Ferris Wheel…
Arcades or Malls – That is the Question
Across the world there are many countries which boast large shopping malls. They are designed so that the shopper can usually find what they want and at the same time eat and drink from a whole variety of eateries. In many of them you can even finish off the day by going to the cinema…
The Docklands Bomb
What became known as the “troubles” began in Northern Ireland in 1969. It could be said that this was just the latest flare-up in tension and violence which had been going on and off for centuries. Although it did put Catholics against Protestants, it was also about whether Northern Ireland should remain as part of…
Let Me Entertain You
When Robbie Williams sang “Let me entertain you,” he probably had no idea that in the past, one of the most popular entertainers of the day only needed a potato for his act and for the public to give him money. If we go back to the early decades of the twentieth-century, poverty was still…
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John Pullen 