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• Nöel Coward 'Art & Style' Exhibition at The Guildhall – Simply Delightful Darling

  

  There's still time to go and see this marvellous free exhibition (until 23rd December) – but do allow at least a couple of hours because it packs in so much. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Frieze 2021 – a Free Sculpture Trail in Regents Park

  

  There's still a few days to have a wander around, through, on, and across the artworks situated in the south east corner of Reegent's Park adjacent to the forma... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Wood Block Paving in London

  

  Earlier this year I pulled together a collection of images showing areas of road and pavements where I have discovered patches of wood block surfaces, see here. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Return to Romford – the Changing Face of an Essex Market Town

  

  Two months ago I wrote that in mid-August I made a return visit to Romford, the Essex town I grew up in, to see how the market and adjacent streets had changed. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Cotton-picking Conundrum in Goswell Road

  

  There is a lovely temple-esque tiled façade on a building at 338-346 Goswell Road, a stone's throw from the Angel junction in Islington. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Remembering Romford Market in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s

  

  In 1964, when I was two years old, we moved from Dad's family home in Becontree, into a house in Albert Road, Romford, Essex, 17 miles east of central London, i... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Changing Face of Warren Street – Long-lost Pubs and International Cuisine

  

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Fitzroy Square, particularly when I used to work at Gannaways/ArtIntegrators within No.4 in the late 1980s. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Two Ghostsigns Clinging on to What's Left of Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, EC2

  

  So much is changing around Shoreditch these days. Low rise Georgian, Victorian and early C20th buildings are fast being demolished to be replaced with high... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Remembering Fitzroy Square in the Late 1980s

  

  On Wednesday last, after leading a lovely group of London Historians on a meandering route through Fitzrovia looking at 1920s-30s buildings (people call the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Phew, It's Hot out There

  

  I have just pulled together this topical collection from my London photos – it includes a ghostsign for a well-known soap brand on a wall in Hackney, a fire... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Goodbye Habitat Tottenham Court Road – but Let's Save Those Curved Windows

  Heading down Tottenham Court Road on a bus in early March this year, I noticed that Habitat had moved out. Oh dear. I got off the bus to take a few snaps. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Thomas Heatherwick's Lift Buttons at Coal Drops Yard, NC1

  

  I have been having a tidy up and found some photos I took soon after the coal drops at the rear of Kings Cross station, adjacent to Granary Square, were opened... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Coulourful Houses in Falkland Road

  

  Here's another riot of colour. Last week it was bollards, this week it's houses:The western end of Falkland Road in Kentish Town, N6, between Leverton Street an... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Bollards in Crystal Palace

  

  Today we are in lovely South London. Well, I say that, but I took these pics well over a year ago.As you exit Crystal Palace railway station and head to the... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Would You Believe It? Wood Block Surfaces Still Visible on London Streets

  

  A few months back I was involved in an email exchange about the patch of wood blocks adjacent to Bunhill Row Cemetery, just off Artillery Row, specifically,... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Stinkpipe in Islington

  

  Oh my god... how many time have I walked past this and never noticed it until last month?Estimate = 825 times!I am always banging on about how things are... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Finsbury Park Art Deco – the Renovation of Oxford House

  

  I'm so pleased to see how the renovation of this marvellous link to the world of movie making has evolved.This is the former home of Kay Film Printing – a film... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Saloons – Everyone's Gone to the Pub Or the Hairdresser

  

  Here in the UK, some restrictions as regards social distancing have been lifted – pubs with outdoor table space are open again and hairdressers are busy... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• I Have Been Otherwise Occupied

  

  Oh my good... look at the date on my last post – the middle of January!! And now we are fast heading for the middle of April. Whoosh! How did that happen?! Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• You Need Hands

  

  Inspired by the pointing hands in a recent post, I have collected some more hands that please me. You might recognise some of them. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS