The Royal Vauxhall Tavern It's been London's most famous gay bar for as long as anyone can remember, certainly since the second world war. The RVT's fame also rests on its long tradition of live performance, and particularly drag acts. This is the place where Lily Savage quipped "They'...
as some Bridewell Boys were coming through Shoe-lane, they attacked two women, who ran for refuge into the Salutation Tavern near Field Lane End, the Boys followed them, and to get at them, broke the glasses of the Bar, on which one of them was seized, whereupon the others...
When W – Dubai Mina Seyahi, an adults-only hotel, joined the line-up near Dubai Marina, we knew we were in for some cracking new nightspots. And rooftop bar Attiko has proved us right. Found high up on the 31st floor of the hotel, the sights of the city can be seen through t...
It was opened as the Café de la Place du Palais-Royal near the Palais-Royal, Paris in 1681. By the 18th century it was known as the Café de la Régence ("Regency Café"). In 1852 the café moved temporarily to hôtel Dodun, 21 Rue de Richelieu. In 1854 the Café de la ...
Other towers surrounding London include a tower near High Wycombe, which is next to the M40 and very visible if you drive along this motorway, along with another tower at Bagshot in Surrey. These are both in the matrix of photos above. The network extended across the whole country, with...
Smithfield, area in the northwestern part of the City of London. It is famous for its meat market (the London Central Meat Market), one of the largest of its kind in the world. From 1133 until 1855 the site was used for the Bartholomew Fair, a cloth and