LONDON on the Ground

Idyllic mosaics in a small Hackney park, a genuine hidden gem. The Shepherdess Walk Mosaics combine imaginative and joyful art with a community project and an attractive urban park. They are also hardly ever looked at. Walks available for booking For a schedule of forthcoming London On The Ground guided walks and tours, please click here . Shepherdess Walk, a street in the Hoxton area of Hackney, runs between the Regent’s canal at its northern end and City Road at its souther

Hiding in plain sight, mosaics of the Muses, Modern Virtues, Pleasures and Labours are among the gallery's best artworks. The entrance hall to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square contains four floor areas of mosaics created by Boris Anrep between 1928 and 1952. The Russian-born mosaicist mixed with the Bloomsbury Group of artists and writers, together with other noted 20th century intellectuals and socialites (some of whose faces made it into these mosaics). The entrance

A mosaic at the ancient harbour illustrates London's history since Roman times. Queenhithe is the only remaining inlet of the Thames in...

Vibrant tiled images celebrate the life and work of film director Alfred Hitchcock. The passageway into and out of the Central line...