Aurora Orientalis: The Bow Creek Utopia
Ash Malik shouldn’t be talking to me. ‘Stuff like this makes investors nervous. Which is kind of the opposite ofContinue Reading
Towards a catalogue of London’s interdimensional gateways
Ash Malik shouldn’t be talking to me. ‘Stuff like this makes investors nervous. Which is kind of the opposite ofContinue Reading
The Metropolitan Police helicopter crew recently deleted a tweet. Their twitter account is followed as much for atmospheric photos ofContinue Reading
The following story was posted on a Lewisham borough forum, under a discussion about Sydenham Hill in the 1980s andContinue Reading
268-270 High Holborn is an unassuming building, ignored by countless Londoners since it was built almost a century ago. Few,Continue Reading
If you were a school kid in Putney in the 1980s you will have heard of the Putney Bee Man.Continue Reading
These letters were sent to us by an American reader of the blog. He found them among the possessions of his mother,Continue Reading
The Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were a place to lose oneself. Laid out among Lambeth’s green fields as an escape fromContinue Reading
On September 3rd, 1939, London was in turmoil. That morning, Prime Minister Chamberlain had taken to the airwaves to declareContinue Reading
Recently a post did the rounds on social media. Its author declined to discuss it, but gave permission for usContinue Reading
“The starry mills of Satan are built beneath the earth and waters of the mundane shell”. Matthew Lindon eyes meContinue Reading
There is much to be written about the drifts of psychic memory that swirl through Crystal Palace Park. The famousContinue Reading
Each night, a bright green beam cuts through the sky above Greenwich: a laser, marking the path of the PrimeContinue Reading
The original mudlarks were children who scoured the Thames slime for coal, copper or other items that had fallen from commercialContinue Reading
Camberwell, 1980. In the cold, dingy attic room of a smog-blackened terraced house, two undergraduates are on the brink ofContinue Reading
The following is a transcript of a cassette recording sent to us anonymously. There were a few brief notes attached.Continue Reading
A footballer, arriving early to Hackney Marsh one autumn Sunday League morning, sees strange lights flicker in the mist. AContinue Reading
This is a guest post, of sorts. A written version of an interview with a good friend of PoL’s, presentedContinue Reading
A giant shop window, a flashing of the spoils of imperial conquest, a chance to position monarchy side by sideContinue Reading
Stroll east along the Strand, on the side of the street closest to the river, and go past Somerset House.Continue Reading
This is a short post to aggregate some of the stories concerning what locals have come to call ‘The BlackheathContinue Reading
London’s gas holders are vanishing. These towering Victorian marriages of form and function have, for several generations, been a distinctive part ofContinue Reading
For somewhere once marked out by Roman walls, the City of London is hard to pin down. Geographically, the capital’s oldestContinue Reading