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Last week my London Shoes were lucky enough to get hold of a couple tickets to the very much in demand “ELIZABETH II – HER LIFE in STYLE” Exhibition currently held at ‘THE KINGS GALLERY” in  BUCKINGHAM PALACE The best way to describe this exhibition I would say – is that it walks you through ...Read more...

In line with London Shoes criteria of publishing stuff about the lesser known and more unusual aspects of London’s places/history and people, the other day I headed off to the ‘Coal Drops Yard’ location in Kings Cross, for the specific purpose of visiting an exhibition type event, being held at a newish and unique type ...Read more...

A few days back, my London Shoes undertook another trek ‘Saaf’ of the River, to Battersea Power Station – it was my Shoes 2nd visit there during the past 4 weeks or so. The purpose of this particular venture out was to visit the “RAMSES & the PHARAOH’S GOLD” Exhibition that’s on at the ‘NEON’ ...Read more...

This week’s publication relates to a subject matter that my London Shoes touched upon very lightly the other week, when I visited the Leytonstone district of East London on the quest of undertaking another blog topic. However, I’ve always been a big admirer of this particular ‘lesser known’ display of street art (I think that’s ...Read more...

This London Shoes blog is even smaller than a usual ‘short & sweet’…..it’s more of a ‘quickie’!!! The reason being is because tomorrow (Sunday 8th March 2026) is “INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY” – and last week whilst out and about in the ‘Smoke’, my London Shoes happened to stumble upon something that has been displayed in conjunction ...Read more...

The first cab off the London Shoes rank for 2026 – on the face of it, is just a straight forward simple topic from the popular Shoes theme of London’s Mews Streets & Houses. However……in typical Shoes fashion, not all is as it may seem – because lurking in the background shadows of this particular ...Read more...

This particular London Shoes blog mixes the Shoes ethos of covering-off the lesser known and more unusual places in the ‘Smoke’ – with London Shoes love of music, especially ‘live’ music events. So – this weeks piece is : –          CHRIS INGHAM TRIO’s  “THE JAZZ OF DUDLEY MOORE” at the **CLUB ...Read more...

Continuing London Shoes current trend of publishing short ‘n sweet articles (ie ‘quickies’) as a brief change from the norm,  the 2 topics being covered-off  here, fit perfectly within the London Shoes ethos of being lesser known aspects of London’s history, even though the site where they are both located, is probably one of London’s ...Read more...

A couple of weeks back my London Shoes ventured down to the Soho district of London, for the specific purpose of visiting the “Pizza Express Jazz Club” in Dean Street – where I had tickets to see the ‘Chris Ingham Quintet’ perform their highly acclaimed “Steely Jazz” set. There were a number of reasons for ...Read more...

“Sir Elton Hercules John” is up there as probably being one of Britain’s most successful music artists of all time. A globally recognised, highly acclaimed singer, pianist, and composer – who, in partnership with his long-time co-songwriter, lyricist Bernie Taupin – has sold in excess of 300 million records worldwide. But Elton John hasn’t always been ...Read more...