Mary Poppins author P. L Travers lived in the fashionable district of Bloomsbury when she first moved to London in her twenties. She later made her home in Chelsea, another affluent part of the city. Her book Mary Poppins was published in 1934, and Travers then went on to write eight books over fifty years. […]
Visiting London film locations: Paddington
My daughter and I loved seeing Paddington at the cinema. The film is based on the popular Michael Bond books about a young bear who arrives alone in London as a stowaway from darkest Peru looking for a new home. He’s adopted by the Brown family who find him at Paddington Station with a label around […]