London Fun Facts – Clerkenwell and Smithfield  One of my favourite walks is around Clerkenwell and Smithfield Market. I love this area of London! There is so much history here that I cannot possibly squeeze it all into one video but here is a nice walking tour which you could do starting at Farringdon. […]

Medieval London Historic Sites The London Charterhouse has a fascinating history dating from medieval times. From the black death to martrdom and the origins of the rules of football, it’s a great place to visit which still has great importance today.  The Charterhouse started in the 14th century when Sir Walter Manny asked Pope […]

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Take a trip on the mini mail train at London’s newest museum, The Postal Museum. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! One of the great things about London is all the small, hidden museums. One such museum, London’s newest, is The Postal Museum. If you are thinking about where to take kids in […]

Funny English idioms and why we use them. English people love to use phrases and idioms which are all based on events from our history. Here are some common idioms which English people use every day but you probably never stopped to ask why they use them or where they are from. Even most English […]

Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Holborn For a quirky London walk around a true square of wonders go to Holborn Station and visit Lincoln’s Inn Fields. In this video Julian McDonnell tells you all about the people who lived there and the strange things that happened at number 89 Lincoln’s Inn Fields and why there is […]

St Ethelreda’s – London’s Oldest Catholic Church Tucked down an inauspicous dead-end street in Hatton Garden is St Etheldreda’s Church. It was built in the time of King Edward i (Edward Longshanks) and he would have known this church. It would have been a part of the palace of the Bishop of Ely which was […]

Did you know that the head of King James iv of Scotland is buried under a building in the city of London? The Battle of Flodden Field in 1513, which is in Northumberland, was one of the bloodiest ever between Scotland and England and according to the great London chronicler and historian, John Stow, his […]

The Lord Mayor’s March takes place every year in the city of London and is a colourful parade of city livery companies and other members of society. Please subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/user/Joolzybaby What I like about the parade is that it is where we get the the expression Sixes and Sevens. […]

To be a true Cockney it is said that one must be born within the sound of the Bow Bell, which is known as one of the cockney churches of London. These are the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. The Bow Bell, at St. Mary Le Bow church was designed by […]

Diary entry of James Ponsonby, clerk and bellman of The Church of St Sepulchre Without Newgate 18th March 1740 I once again find myself bound to report on my loathsome duty which comprised the events of this sorry two days. As ever, the day starts well enough with a light breakfast of sardines, grilled kidneys, […]

Ye Olde Mitre Pub is situated in Ely Court just off Hatton Garden. The whole area is called Hatton Garden after Sir Christopher Hatton, as I will explain. It was built in 1547 originally as a part of the palace of Ely, which was the town residence of the Bishop of Ely, which is in […]

Having visited the extraordinary Viktor Wynd’s Museum of Curiosities I was informed that they also held cocktail classes once a month. So I returned one Wednesday evening to 11 Mare Street where two charming bar persons were conducting proceedings. At the Last Tuesday Society cocktail classes you get led through each stage of the cocktail […]