Last updated on July 15th, 2022As London revs its engines to re-open after lockdown, I speak to the famous English dandy Beau Brummell. He shares his favourite London secrets and tells me how he would like to have tea with the Duchess of Cambridge. Where do you buy those exceedingly good cravats? I like to…
London History
Discover London's history and meet some of London's old movers and shakers, the historical figures who were celebrities in their time.
The Great Exhibition and how the Crystal Palace built the V and A
Last updated on June 2nd, 2021If you’ve been watching Victoria Series 3, then you’ve recently come across Henry Cole, Prince Albert’s wingman in the creation of the visionary Great Exhibition of 1851. What you probably didn’t know is that the exhibition, dubbed The Greatest Show on Earth and housed inside the glittering Crystal Palace in…
A History of the Savoy Hotel | 10 Secrets about “London’s Greatest Hotel”
Last updated on June 2nd, 2021The Savoy Hotel in London is the hostess with the mostest, London’s grande dame who has partied through two world wars and slept with movie stars, politicians and royalty. If her walls could talk, they would whisper about the great and the godly and the bold and the beautiful that…
The Difference between the French and the British
Last updated on May 15th, 2022They say you are the nationality that you dream in. My dreams have always been a mélange of Franglais, but I have to admit that the English has been taking centre stage of late. I don’t have a drop of British blood in me, but these days you’d never know…