Spies and art lovers pass like ships in the night in Millbank these days. MI5 and MI6 aim keep a low public profile in grand buildings by the Thames, while tourists flock to Tate Britain and students study at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, part of […]
Ask anyone who knows London what they understand by the term Whitehall and, more likely than not, they’ll tell you it’s the seat of the British government. And they wouldn’t be wrong – through just a short walk you can take in Downing Street, the Ministry of Defence, […]
Berlin has all the ingredients required to be one of the world’s greatest capital cities – a fascinating history, brilliant museums, expansive parks, public transport that works and nightlife that it is hard to beat. In a sense visitors to Germany’s capital today get two cities in one. […]
By Oliver Clark When I told a friend I was planning a visit to Tilbury Fort over the Christmas holidays the reaction was a bemused ‘where’s Tilbury?!’ Unfortunately if people have heard of the town of Tilbury on the Essex coast at all, it’s probably for the wrong […]
After a joyous walk along the River Lea this afternoon, I finally got to see Olympic Park at close range, rather than merely on television as a backdrop for the evening news during the summer months. 2012 was of course the year of the London Olympics, so in […]
Past In The Present 