London

After a morning at the Tower of London, I took a cab to St Paul’s Cathedral. The rain was coming down hard enough that walking the half-hour along the Thames, the better …

The Tower of London is famous for the Crown Jewels, the executions, the medieval fortress walls, and the ravens. Of all the things to do in London, a visit here is one …

The South Bank is the southern edge of the River Thames in central London, running roughly from Lambeth Bridge in the west to Tower Bridge in the east. The stretch most people …

The White Tower sits at the centre of the Tower of London, both literally and architecturally. Most visitors walk past it on the way to the Crown Jewels, glance up, take a …

Few places in London capture the city’s energy, charm, and theatrical spirit quite like Covent Garden. Filled with historic market buildings, lively piazzas, elegant architecture, street performers, cafés, boutiques, and cultural institutions, …

There are few rivers in the world as deeply connected to the identity of a city as the River Thames is to London. Flowing through the heart of the British capital for …