Christie’s is the world’s oldest fine art auctioneer and has sold fine art, furniture, jewellery and wine since 1766, when James Christie conducted the very first sale in London. Since… Read More
Art
The National Police Memorial
Seated at Cambridge Green, on the corner of The Mall and Horse Guards Road, directly outside the Old Admiralty Building.The site had previously been occupied by an air shaft on… Read More
Rhinoceros in London
The worshipful Society of Apothecaries’s Hall is filled with rhinoceros, but why? It’s probably one of the most famous and certainly one of the most influential images of an exotic… Read More
History of Mason’s Yard, Mayfair
Ormond Yard was laid out as a 200 feet square plot of land originally designed to be a stable yard and by 1740 the yard was already being called Mason’s… Read More
The lamps are going out all over Europe
One hundred years ago Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary stated to his friend and journalist John Alfred Spender, editor of the Westminster Gazette “the lamps are going out all over… Read More
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