250 years of circus
It’s London, Easter Monday, 1768. Showman Philip Astley and his wife Patty, a trick rider, draw out a ring and fill it with astonishing acts.
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Dickens at Christmas: 7 Places to Visit Around England
Is there any novelist more closely linked with Yuletide than Charles Dickens? His story, A Christmas Carol, was an instant hit in 1843 and helped make Christmas fashionable again.
8 Historic London Shopfronts
London streets are lined with colourful shops clamouring for our attention. Many are of considerable age and have survived forContinue Reading
London: A Design for Life
Sir John Sorrell CBE is a UK Business Ambassador for the creative industries, and co-founder of the Sorrell Foundation with FrancesContinue Reading
Weaving London
Daniel Harris is the founder of the London Cloth Company. Established in 2011, it is the first micro-mill to openContinue Reading
London’s Glitter and Dust
Zainab Rahim is a writer and the joint editor-in-chief of a commentary website called The Platform, seeking to advance marginalisedContinue Reading
We Are London
Our exhibition I am London celebrates the capital’s unique and complex identity. 59 fascinating Londoners have been photographed in historicContinue Reading
London and Civil Liberties
Professor Anthony Grayling is a Philosopher and Master of New College of the Humanities Anthony is one of the sitters forContinue Reading
The Big Issue: My London
George Anderson is a Big Issue vendor, and usually sells outside the BBC headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. George is one ofContinue Reading
London: My New Home
Bisi Alimi is a human rights activist. In 2004 he became the first Nigerian to openly declare his sexuality onContinue Reading