Looking back on the bullring: london’s cardboard city

As a youngster with a limited amount of cash, I used to spend days out in the capital enjoying delights that were totally free. These included getting lost in the maze at Hampton Court Palace, window

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold

Charles Saumarez Smith on Architecture

Your indispensable guide to the capital

At the foot of the stairs up to the Bethlem Museum of the Mind in Beckenham, south London, are two massive writhing naked male figures by 17th-century sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber, known as Raving Ma

The summer has seen the publication of a wealth of new architectural books. John Goodall offers a round-up of some recent titles that have caught his eye