London barbican

Is it an autobiographical finger-paint show inspired by Chandler Bing? Or is it the feminist take on Talk To Frank? A light-bite and coffee situation by day, and a low-lit, negroni-fuelled bar by night, this place is perfect for a quick pre-show burger or several post-show cocktails.

A big, four-floor restaurant opposite Smithfield market, they have a casual cafe-cum-bar area, a more formal upstairs grill restaurant, and a cocktail lounge with the very lowkey name, Death and Victory. Home Cities Pick the perfect spot for every situation.

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Stalls Circle Upper Circle Gallery. View gallery. Stalls guide The Stalls are one large block of seating without a central aisle. Bars There is a bar located just outside of the exits at the rear of the Stalls, with seating provided.

Your basket is empty. Shortly after it seems that it was built over with narrow alleyways with claustrophobic houses, that was the custom in London.

By then, the road which today is Beech Street pictured below , had taken Barbican as its name. Why Beech Street you may ask? Well to explain that, you need to head into the Barbican and find this rather gnarly looking piece of wood.

This is the Mendelssohn tree, the remains of a year old beech tree from the forest of Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire. The forest was apparently where the famous composer Felix Mendelssohn used to visit for inspiration for his music! By this point, you may have gathered that I have a slight obsession with maps, and you would be correct.

These colour coded maps essentially give us an idea of who lived where in the late 19th and early 20th century. In fact the road was still there until the Second World War. The Wesleyan Chapel was established in the 18th century by John Wesley, but he soon relocated to City Road just around the corner and even today you can still visit his home and the chapel he re-founded there too.

As mentioned previously, the Barbican came into being because of the complete destruction of the area in the Second World War. This incredible resource is now online, and it means you can literally find the street you live on and find out more about bomb damage there. In fact zooming out and looking at the City of London is quite a chilling realisation of the scale of destruction.