LONDON on the Ground

The saint, a 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury, was famously murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, but he was a Londoner, born on Cheapside. Not long after Thomas Becket’s death in 1170, a biographer wrote: "Thomas adorned Canterbury by his setting and London by his rising". After more than 850 years, his legacy continues to adorn, or at least to imprint itself on, London today. In today’s City of London, the area of Becket’s birth, we can see many physical symbols of his

The River Thames near Blackfriars Bridge is narrower than it has ever been, thanks to a new embankment, which also means the City of London has grown! Named after the Victorian engineer who built central London’s sewerage system, the Bazalgette Embankment is part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer and includes a public park. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is London’s first major new sewerage infrastructure, and the Bazalgette Embankment its first new embankment, since 187

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee prompts a look at ten public statues of six past queens in the City of London. By my count, ten statues of...