Clermont Club, 44 Berkeley Square - Category:44 Berkeley Square - Wikimedia Commons

Today I have another time-traveling post. When I visited London in 2000, I made a special effort to visit Berkeley Square in Mayfair, where the nightingale famously sang. Above is my photo from that visit. It was March, so the purple hyacinth bulbs were blooming and the trees weren't yet in full leaf. Today, Dave and I walked back to Berkeley Square to see how much it had changed in the past 11 years: As you can see, it's just about the same! The only differences I see are that one tree (far…

"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Maschwitz-Sherwin) (1940). Recorded by Elsie Carlisle under the musical direction of Jay Wilbur on April 11, 1940.

Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1

This is my little tribute to @lundonlens who is one of the best photographers on instagram taking shots around London. Berkeley Square is a historic, elegant garden square in Mayfair, London, known for its 18th-century architecture and lush greenery. Surrounded by grand townhouses, it has long been a fashionable area. The square hasn’t been treated well over the years with three sides being filled with low quality modern architecture but this one side gives a glimpse of former beauty and…

When Mark Birley opened Annabel’s in 1963, there was really no place like it in London. A members club styled with the chintz and comfort of a country house – in what was formerly a coal cellar below Berkeley Square – the subterranean lair fast became the place to see and to be seen, drawing in everyone […]

50 Berkeley Square During the Victorian era 50 Berkeley Square was popularly believed to be the most haunted building in London. Now occupied by the famous antiquarian book dealers, Maggs Bros, there is no evidence that haunting like experiences persist

London is wonderfully autumnal at the moment Berkeley Square, Mayfair

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