I rediscovered this place recently having not been for years and now I keep returning. The geological galleries are my favourites.

A special place, a shop which is like a museum, worth popping in to feel the humanness and heritage of London. And if you are looking for rope, compass or any sailing supplies, this is the place. There is no shop like it.

The best things in London can be spied from this seat. Fact.

These giant spectral cylinders are great at different times of the day but my favourite time is around dusk when the buildings in the city start to light up. The Gherkin and the new Shard building are framed in the lowest ring then the shifting colours of the sky are almost split in the following ellipses.

No better breakfast in London, luckily just five minutes from my office.