Articles by adminwclondon

John Vane: On Chiswell Street, Sun Street and Silk Street

A discreet exit route from Liverpool Street station, reached via an upper level corridor, takes you to Sun Street Passage and then, after a fashion, to Sun Street itself, along which Bill Sikes frogmarched Oliver Twist en route to doing some housebreaking in Chertsey. Charles Dickens also had Sikes hustling the child across Finsbury Square […]
The post John Vane: On Chiswell Street, Sun Street and Silk Street appeared first on OnLondon. OnLondon – News…



Those new London crime stats: what they tell us, what they don’t, and what they reveal about Nigel Farage

City Hall has released with a fanfare Metropolitan Police Service statistics that tell a good news story for London and its Mayor. Following years of often lurid claims by some of his political opponents that Sir Sadiq Khan has presided over a collapse of law and order in the capital, he is now able to […]
The post Those new London crime stats: what they tell us, what they don’t, and what they reveal about Nigel Farage appeared first on OnLondon. OnLondon – News…



Julie Hamill: Sparkling steps into a London Christmas

Have you ever been to the hidden restaurant at Selfridges? Alto by San Carlo is only accessible via a particular lift on the ground floor. You rise to the top and arrive at the restaurant reception via a corridor of multicoloured, shiny baubles. My friends Sharon and Sue and I treated ourselves to an end […]
The post Julie Hamill: Sparkling steps into a London Christmas appeared first on OnLondon. OnLondon – News…


Hayes, Hillingdon: High Street heroics against the odds

The nation’s shopkeepers have been having a rough time. Consumers have been moving online and the pandemic made matters worse. But in one town at least the Great British High Street is surviving – perhaps even thriving – in spite of everything. Welcome to Hayes in west London and its valiant retail frontline, where a […]
The post Hayes, Hillingdon: High Street heroics against the odds appeared first on OnLondon. OnLondon – News…