My London Independent Shops Tour is the perfect holiday treat for groups of friends or colleagues wanting to get together and do something different in town this year! I'm looking forward to taking you on a walk through Soho and Covent Garden's craft and making …

London's other great store house of the archaeological finds from Ancient Egypt and Sudan is tucked away up some stairs in UCL. When the security guards scream at you for an ID card, make it clear you're visiting the museum! They currently have a display …

Here are some architectural highlights of my London Independent Shops tour into a gallery here. Want more? Come on the tour! We begin at the home of the first London indoor craft market, the Soho BazaarNotice the Venetian window characteristic of early Soho next to …

A special tour this Sunday to raise money for West London Welcome. Meet by 2pm at the Montague Place entrance with no bag please! More details about the tour and a link to get tickets on the page here.

Fantastic mini exhibition at Lambeth Palace Library. Centred around print making, illuminating and book collecting by Early Modern women, this has some amazing stuff. I particularly enjoyed the portrait of Elizabeth I at prayer by her close friend the miniaturist Lavina Teerlinc (whose work is …

I recommend a visit to London's auction rooms while you're in town. Even if you're not looking to begin collecting yourself, it's fun to fantasise! Some of the range and variety on display is as good as at paid musem exhibition, and the catalogue writing …

A beautiful example of Bayes's external sculptural work at the Odeon Shaftesbury Avenue. Gilbert Bayes is the sculptor of the Queen of Time who greets shoppers at Selfridges. This frieze has adorned the Saville theatre since 1937, and has watched it go from theatre to …