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London On The Ground

St Dunstan and 1,050 years of the Coronation Ceremony

St Dunstan devised the service for King Edgar in 973 as Archbishop of Canterbury. The coronation of King Charles III and his consort...

London On The Ground

The Cenotaph: Lutyens' simple but enduring design

Lutyens' 102 year old Empty Tomb remains the centre of national Remembrance. The Monument to the Women of World War II stands nearby....

London On The Ground

Downing Street: "shaky" like its "rogue" developer

Does the street Churchill called "shaky and lightly built" take after the developer Pepys called "a perfidious rogue"? Downing Street's...

London On The Ground

The Beatles, the rooftop & London

London was the Liverpool band's backdrop and stage. This picture, taken by photographer Ethan Russell on 30 January 1969, combines two of...

LONDON on the Ground