MARCH 2023 UPDATES

GO TO JAIL updated with a report on The Mudlark pub, refurbished during the pandemic.



EUSTON ROAD updated with Dr Lydia Chang playing Lady Gaga at Euston Station.

OXFORD STREET - several updates including the fate of the HMV store.

TRAFALGAR SQUARE updated with Fourth Plinth latest.


MARYLEBONE PART 1 updated following lunches at Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecot and The Sea Shell.

WATER WORKS updated with God's Own Junkyard.


The story of the world's first traffic lights added to FREE PARKING

MARLBOROUGH STREET updated with Vasco & Piero's Pavilion.

A NEW ROAD SIGN .... 

     For the first time in the West End there are lights in COVENTRY STREET to celebrate Ramadan.

FLEET STREET: Sadly, The Knight's Templar in Chancery Lane closed on March 18, 2023. This messes up my carefully crafted Fleet Street pub crawl as it was the only boozer open before noon so a good starting point. But it's not all bad news - a new Wetherspoons, the Stargazer, has just opened in the O2 Arena at Greenwich. 

Some thoughts on the wonderful new(ish) ELIZABETH LINE


EAST LONDON RANDOM RAMBLINGS:  Bow Road and Bethnal Green highlights.


LINK ADDED to the WILLOW FOUNDATION, a very worthy charity founded by my old friend Bob Wilson and his wife Megs.

Check this out .....

50 PHOTOGRAPHS THAT RESHAPED SPORT (THE GUARDIAN)

.... and if you like museums, this will blow your mind .....

LONDON MUSEUMS NAVIGATION GUIDE























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