Julian Woodford

THE BOSS OF BETHNAL GREEN - a foundation story of London’s East End. At its centre a Regency Godfather with fingers in every pie and whose legacy was Victorian London’s worst slums. amazon.co.uk/Boss-Bethnal-G…

1/ The Hogarth Stair, Barts North Wing - dating to the 1730s, now fully refurbished and open (at set times) to the public. Well worth a visit. 'The Pool of Bethesda' depicts Jesus curing a lame man and others seeking treatment. bartsnorthwing.org.uk/visit/

Arts correspondent, presenter and author Melvyn Bragg on the wonder of Oxford, the trials of the BBC and his new memoir about student life and the neglect of the working class in literary culture. #BookTwitter #booklovers buff.ly/xKVTl4d

Twickenham by Moonlight. 1835. Henry Pether. #ThamesPaintings

Clerkenwell dawn.

'Fog, Hammersmith Bridge' (2020) by Peter Brown peterbrownneac.com

‘Fried Chicken, Silvertown’ 2017 . A later winter view of a cold London street. @ahistoryinart @thegentleauthor @PaintingsLondon

Lamplight - views in passing from the top deck of a 134 #London bus - from Muswell Hill over Crouch End & distant Canary Wharf

A View of London from the Thames. 1809. Thomas Rowlandson and Charles Pugin. #ThamesPaintings

A London Panorama. c.1860s. John MacVicar Anderson. #ThamesPaintings

#SteepleSaturday Goodness, tempus fugit. Evidently it was 20 years ago today that I was enjoying teatime at what was then my favourite café. And from my window seat I was surveying various pointy things at the other side of St Andrew Street... @51.517071,-0.1070523,3a,75y,73.62h,113.15t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7lz7sARMWvXIMDy30qB5rg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-23.150000000000006%26panoid%3D7lz7sARMWvXIMDy30qB5rg%26yaw%3D73.62!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">google.com/maps/@51.51707…

The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, photographed in 1948, from my post exploring the history of the inn and the toll gate that was alongside for many years, at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/the…

'St Paul's Cathedral' (c.1940) by Eve Kirk (Royal Air Force Museum)

The Bayeux Tapestry up in lights at Piccadilly Circus! Tickets on sale from 1 July for the exhibition opening in September. First chance in 1,000 years to see this iconic object back on British soil

Police, Bandits, the Marine Society and Coffee Houses, exploring some of the plaques to be found across the City of London at alondoninheritance.com/london-history…

Sir Christopher Wren died 303 years ago today at the grand old age of 90. We've mapped every Wren building, to help you explore his monumental legacy londonist.com/london/maps/th…

Banqueting House to fully reopen in August following major restoration ianvisits.co.uk/articles/banqu… The restored Banqueting House in central London has confirmed it will fully reopen to the public in August, following a major restoration. ianvisits.co.uk/articles/banqu…

Nice. The British Gas gaslight team kindly gave me this 3D printed statuette. @londongasketeer

In case you missed it... we recently spent many hours colouring in this map of Pimlico and (what would become) Victoria, from the 1740s. Bigger map and high-res on link. londonist.substack.com/p/mapped-in-co…

Medieval murder map. Homicides in Late Medieval London medievalmurdermap.co.uk/maps/london/