Parks & Public Squares

In the context of my London Shoes approach of checking out London’s lesser-known landmarks be they historical or simply a little bit more unusual than the norm – the location I sought out and visited last week, really impressed me, a far exceeded my expectations. The subject matter in question of this particular London Shoes ...Read more...

Here’s a short ‘n sweet piece about a location my London Shoes visited just a few days ago – and I wanted to get it ‘out there’ promptly while the enjoyment and ‘vibe’ of it is still alive in my memory. Last Thursday (21st May) my London Shoes hopped on the tube to Sloane Square ...Read more...

Last week, under a gloriously warm, sunny and clear London sky – my London Shoes set off to undertake a blog topic, slightly different from the normal type of stuff Shoes publishes. For this particular trek out, it was a pleasure to be accompanied by Karen, who I used to work with, albeit briefly, at ...Read more...

Last week under a temperamental wintery London sky, my London Shoes legged it over to the northern end of Great Portland Street in London’s west end district – for the specific purpose of visiting a stunningly laid out looking street full of houses with noble looking frontages. However – not all is as it may ...Read more...

In keeping with my London Shoes intention to publish a sequence of short n’ sweet/small but perfectly formed, blog articles – here’s another quick and easy read piece that Shoes followers may find interesting. The other day my London Shoes ventured out to one of London’s most recognisable tourist sites …..St. Paul’s Cathedral. The reason ...Read more...

There are a number of locations scattered across London, that – I clearly remember, especially from my younger years……could only really be describe as being a run down, dirty, no-go dump of a place, with nothing of any interest there worth seeing, or worth visiting. However – as a result of enormous financial investment and ...Read more...

The Mary Poppins Mural: For those living in the ‘Smoke’ or its ‘burbs’ – then last week you may have viewed a piece on the local News that related to a mural of the legendary fictional character “MARY POPPINS” – that had appeared on a rooftop down in Earls Court – an occurrence that has ...Read more...

This week’s London Shoes blog was an interesting and extremely enjoyable one to do. Just when I think there’s nothing ‘new’ out there that could metaphorically blow my socks off – totally out of the blue, I stumble upon something or some topic that completely stops me in my tracks – a subject matter that ...Read more...

A week or so back, just before the recent cold spell kicked in down here in London (even though it’s now turned a bit warmer again) – my London Shoes legged it all the way down to the far reaches of the South West London part of the River Thames, for the specific purpose of ...Read more...

This is a short & sweet Shoes blog piece, that I did earlier this week – simply because I happened to stumbled upon this particular landmark purely by chance – and was a bit surprised that I had absolutely no previous knowledge of its existence. I often receive feedback following the publication of my London ...Read more...