Only in London by Duncan J.D. Smith

6 Contents 28 The Most Extraordinary Office in England 71 29 Ghost Stations on the Piccadilly Line 73 30 Somerset House Revisited 76 31 Egypt on the Thames 78 32 A Closer Look at Trafalgar Square 80 33 Walking on Greta Garbo 82 34 An Art Deco Picture Palace 84 35 London’s French Connection 86 36 Theatreland 88 37 Mysterious World of the Freemasons 90 38 Sir John Soane’s Pasticcio 92 39 Waters, Walks and Gardens Green 94 40 Lenin and Marx in London 97 41 Foundlings and the Messiah 99 42 The Horse Hospital and Other Galleries 101 43 Strolling Bloomsbury’s Squares 103 44 The Treasures of Room 41 105 45 Pickled Toads and Dodo Bones 107 46 The Mummified Philosopher 109 NORTH BANK (NW&W) From King’s Cross to Mayfair 47 Harry Houdini’s Handcuffs 111 48 The Most Wonderful Railway Station 113 49 The Mystery of Baker Street 115 50 Worship beneath a Golden Dome 117 51 Bowling Balls and Cricket Bats 119 52 The Man Who Saved Millions 121 53 Execution in Mayfair 123 54 A Hyde Park Odyssey 125 55 Of Feedback and Fugue 127 56 A Lost London River 129 57 This is the BBC! 132 58 Sustenance in Strange Places 134 59 The World of Charles Dickens 136 60 A Buddhist Temple in Fitzrovia 139 61 Signs of the Times 141