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Barbican Conservatory: A Tropical Garden Around a Theatre Fly Tower
A Sunday wander through the Barbican Conservatory, the concrete-and-glass jungle built around a theatre fly tower in the City of London.

Ina
Oct 127 min read


Liberty London Christmas: The Good Ship Liberty and the Elf Workshop Windows
Liberty London Christmas in 2025: The Good Ship Liberty hanging in the atrium, the elf workshop windows, the galleries, and how to visit.

Ina
Oct 66 min read


Burlington Arcade Christmas: The Twelve Days Decorations and Shop Windows
Burlington Arcade Christmas in 2025: the Twelve Days decorations under the glass roof, the beadles at the gate, and the shop windows worth a look.

Ina
Oct 66 min read


The Counting House: A Fuller's Pub in a Victorian Bank on Cornhill
A lunchtime look down from the gallery of The Counting House, the Cornhill pub under the glass dome of a Victorian banking hall.

Ina
Oct 67 min read


Petersham Nurseries: Glasshouses, Garden and Shop in Richmond
A summer Sunday walk through the glasshouses, garden and shop at Petersham Nurseries, with the story of the Boglione family and Skye Gyngell's Michelin star.

Ina
Oct 66 min read


The Most Beautiful Staircases in London: Hotels, Palaces, Houses and Spirals
My photos of London staircases, from palace and hotel grand stairs to Georgian mahogany, iron spirals and Art Deco foyers, with how to see each one.

Ina
Oct 68 min read


2 Temple Place: Inside Astor's Carved Estate Office, via the Temple
A winter walk through the Temple's cobbled lanes and Fountain Court ends inside 2 Temple Place, William Waldorf Astor's carved and gilded estate office on the Embankment.

Ina
Oct 68 min read


Camden High Street's Giant Shop Signs: What's on the Buildings and Why
Giant trainers, a winged Dark Angel, a sweet shop dressed as London and a boxer's blue plaque. A walk up Camden High Street from the station to Camden Lock, and why the shops look like this.

Ina
Oct 67 min read


Neasden Temple: The Stone Mandir Carved in India and Built in London
The Neasden Temple was carved from 26,300 pieces of stone in India and assembled in north-west London. What to look for, the rules for visitors, and how to get there.

Ina
Oct 57 min read


Somerset House history: a Tudor palace, tax offices and an ice rink
Somerset House went from a Tudor palace to government offices to an arts centre. Its history, and how the building pays its way in the 2020s.

Ina
Oct 58 min read


Colourful Houses in Notting Hill: A Sunday Walk from Portobello Road
A 45-minute Sunday walk from the Sun in Splendour to Westbourne Park Road, with the history behind Notting Hill's painted stucco terraces.

Ina
Oct 58 min read


Annely Juda Fine Art: Nicola Turner's Wool and Horsehair Installation
Dark wool and horsehair climb the front of 16 Hanover Square and fill the rooms inside. Why Nicola Turner built it this way: a chemistry college, a couture house and a hidden poem.

Ina
Oct 47 min read


Maison Assouline: A Bookshop and Bar in Lutyens's Piccadilly Bank
A walk through Maison Assouline, the luxury publisher's bookshop and cocktail bar inside a small bank that Edwin Lutyens designed next to Wren's St James's Church.

Ina
Sep 308 min read


The Best Views of London, From the Sky Garden to St Paul's Dome
Rooftops, towers and a cathedral dome I've photographed across London, with which views are free, which need a ticket and which open only for Open House.

Ina
Sep 307 min read


Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House: A Visitor's Guide
A walk through the Courtauld Gallery's Great Room, spiral staircase and Blavatnik Fine Rooms, with the history of Samuel Courtauld and the Royal Academy at Somerset House.

Ina
Sep 287 min read


Autumn in Chelsea and Kensington: Shopfronts, Doorways and Red Creepers
Autumn in Chelsea and Kensington happens on the shopfronts before it happens in the parks: pumpkin wreaths, dried-flower doorways, a pub buried in orange flowers and a street that turns scarlet.

Ina
Sep 256 min read


Inside the St Pancras Clock Tower: A Flat I Saw at Open House
A painted ceiling, a rainbow arch, a library under the beams and the old clock winding room, in a private flat at the top of St Pancras.

Ina
Sep 246 min read


Booking Office 1869: The Palm-Filled Ticket Hall at St Pancras
Eight-metre palms, brass chandeliers and Gothic windows in St Pancras station's old Victorian ticket hall.

Ina
Sep 246 min read


Inside the Wandsworth Prison Museum: Nooses, Cell Doors and How to Visit
A tiny, crammed museum outside the gate of a working Victorian prison: nooses, a blue cell door, Oscar Wilde, Ronnie Biggs and the last gallows in Britain. What's inside and how to get in.

Ina
Sep 238 min read


Christmas in St James's: Fortnum's Advent Calendar, Lock & Co and the OWO Gingerbread House
Christmas in St James's, from Fortnum & Mason's advent-calendar front on Piccadilly to Lock & Co's windows and the gingerbread house in the courtyard of The OWO.

Ina
Sep 236 min read
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