The People’s Palace, Queen Mary University

Did you know that the ever expanding and diverse East End university Queen Mary grew out of the romantically named “People’s Palace”?

To find out more I spoke to Queen Mary’s archivist Lorraine Screene…

City of London Churches – Salvation Army IHQ Chapel

Hidden in plain sight, this floating chapel is a lovely space. Listen to Dawn Heatwole share some unusual stories about the Salvation Army and its founder William and Catherine Booth in this podcast.

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575 Wandsworth Road

Behind a very plain door of an ordinary terraced house on a main road in South West London you’ll find the incredible craftsmanship, vision and atmosphere as created by the […]

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St Giles Cripplegate

In the middle of the brutalist Barbican stands the medieval church of St Giles Cripplegate with some prominent and some touchingly simple memorials to many famous men, and one intriguing woman.

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St Clement Eastcheap

The smallest and least obvious of all City of London churches, St Clement Eastcheap is the church that features in the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons'. Today it's an office!

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St Nicholas Cole Abbey

Fish, coffee and smudgy windows all appear in this beautifully restored Christopher Wren church which is also very well attended by the young city workforce.

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All Hallows London Wall

No other City of London church is as surprising as this one. Its bleak and foreboding exterior betrays its crisp classical and bright interior.

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St Sepulchre without Newgate

This church has the great combination of music and death! And who was St Sepulchre?

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St Mary Aldermary is one of the few 17th century gothic churches you'll find in the City of London. At lunch you'll hear the hum of local workers enjoying their break but at the start and end of the day the relaxed breath of a meditation group.

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