Savoy in London has played host to awards shows, celebrities and of course some scandals. Unlike the rest of the UK, Savoy Court, the entrance road to the Savoy (just off The Strand), requires drivers to drive on the right-hand side of the road. The reasons for this are disputed: some say it was for…
Great Ormond Street Hospital owns the rights to Peter Pan
Great Ormond Street is possibly the best and most famous children’s hospital in the world. Peter Pan is one of the greatest children’s stories ever told, and in 1929, its author J. M. Barrie gifted the copyright to the hospital, eight years before his death. Ever since then, Great Ormond Street has enjoyed a special…
The Police Never Caught Jack The Ripper
The identity of Jack the Ripper, London’s most notorious serial killer, has never been discovered. Authorities at the time and ‘mystery solvers’ since the killings have suspected a number of different people, however, including Prince Albert, Lewis Carroll and Queen Victoria’s doctor; Sir William Gull.