Richard IngJan 16, 20202 min1917. Best Picture 2020? Remembering the First World War. 1917. Best Picture 2020? Remembering the First World War.
Richard IngOct 21, 20193 minThe City of London's glorious churches.St Dunstan in the East Most Londoners will know that through its long existence, the City of London has suffered great catastrophes. The...
Richard IngOct 21, 20194 minThe Cast Courts at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Trajan's Column in the Cast Courts. The Victoria and Albert Museum is a remarkable treasure house. Initially designed to show off many of...
Richard IngJan 11, 20195 minThe Favourite statue of Queen Anne?Queen Anne outside St Paul's Cathedral. Outside St Paul’s Cathedral stands a statue of until very recently, one of Britain’s less well...
Richard IngApr 10, 20183 minBanqueting House. The last vestige of a forgotten Royal Palace.Inigo Jones magnificent Banqueting House on Whitehall. Note the weather vane top left. About halfway along Whitehall, opposite...
Richard IngMar 15, 20182 minCharing Cross. A memorial of royal love.The Victorian reproduction of the Eleanor Cross outside Charing Cross Station. When Charing Cross is mentioned, most people will tell you...
Richard IngMar 1, 20184 minWho was the Amesbury Archer and why is he important in the Stonehenge story?The enigmatic Stonehenge. Over the last week an article in the Times Newspaper reported that a recent academic, genetic study had...
Richard IngFeb 20, 20183 minChrist Church, Spitalfields. Nicholas Hawksmoor's baroque masterpiece.Nicholas Hawksmoor's baroque masterpiece, Christ Church, Spitalfields. The accolade, London's most important architect, would I think, be...
Richard IngFeb 13, 20183 minNelson's Column. Commemorating England's greatest naval hero.Nelson's magnificent column. Dominating the great public space of Trafalgar Square is the the great memorial to Horatio, Admiral, The...
Richard IngFeb 6, 20183 minSt Bride's Church. Wells,Wren, wedding cakes and... lightning conductors?The famous wedding cake steeple of St Bride's Church. Hidden away on the South side of Fleet Street stands one of London's loveliest...
Richard IngJan 26, 20182 minThe Churchill War Rooms:Site of Britain's Darkest Hour?The tucked away entrance to the Churchill War Rooms. The recent release of the Winston Churchill movie, Darkest Hour has brought one of...
Richard IngJan 19, 20182 minThe Edith Cavell Memorial. Remembering a selfless patriot.The Edith Cavell Memorial. On a busy working day in central London, many thousands of people will walk past a very substantial monument...
Richard IngJan 12, 20182 minLondon's smallest police station and "the lamps of HMS Victory"?London's smallest police station with "Victory lamp". If you were to emerge from Charing Cross tube station via the exit that takes you...
Richard IngJan 8, 20182 minCharles I Equestrian Statue. A riveting tale of 17th Century entrepreneurshipAt the very top of Whitehall, at the junction with Trafalgar Square, stands the oldest example in England of an equestrian statue. It...
Richard IngJan 4, 20182 minThe Mall, London's ceremonial avenue.Stretching majestically between Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace is the broad ceremonial avenue known as The Mall. This is the...
Richard IngNov 1, 20177 minStonehenge. What do we really know?Although Stonehenge's origins go back at least 5000 years and human activity in the locality stretches even further back, perhaps another...
Richard IngJun 21, 20176 minQuirky London PubsAt the last count there were around 7000 pubs in London. Of course all of them are individual and have their own style.
Richard IngMay 8, 20175 minGreat sites along the River ThamesAt 215 miles long and neatly dividing London between North and South, the River Thames is the silvery thread that provides continuity for a