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• A New Architectural Style in Spitalfields, E1 - Revivialist Pasticheism

  

  Walking from Aldgate to Old Street last weekend via Spitalfields market, I cut across Wentworth Street and into Toynbee Street. Ahead of me, on the right, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Following a Bloody Trail of Footprints Between N19 and N4

  

  Early this morning I made the effort to get out for a walk and back home again before it got too hot out there. I was doing well, having been up to Hornsey... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Mudlarking with Thames21 at Broomhouse Dock

  

  In my last post I mentioned I recently visited the foreshore at Broomhouse Dock, right (Google Streeview pic). This event was an initiative created by Thames21... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Parson's Green Ghostsign – Let's Go to the Palace!

  

  Way back in the dim distant past, in November 2008 (wow and ouch, that's almost 15 years ago!) I took some photos of a huge hand-painted sign on the side of... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Gillespie Park Nature Reserve – If the Flowers Start to Grow, Do You Pick Them?...

  

  I went for a wander around Gillespie Park earlier this week. I often do when I am close by. It's lovely there. It's like entering into an old woodland or part o... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Old Operating Theatre – a Delight

  

  Last month, after years of walking past The Old Operating Theatre and thinking, 'I must go in there some day soon' I walked past and thought to myself, 'I must... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Marvellous Manicule in NW5

  

  The Way To Church LandsWalking along Gordon House Road a few months ago I spotted a directional panel at low level here just to the right of the protuding block. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Homepride Wallpapers Ghostsign, Walworth Road, SE17

  

  Every time I pass this Homepride Wallpapers ghostsign at 214 Walworth Road it brings a smile to my face because it takes me back in time to the 1970s when many... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Old Shops Ain St Pauls, Road, Highbury and Islington

  

  I am often to be seen walking from Holloway to Canonbury and back, and this means I use the stretch of St Paul's Rd between the two terraces of shops at the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Co-operative Ghostsign in Walthamstow

  

  I little while ago, I heard that a Co-operative ghostsign in Walthamstow had been overpainted. I'd assumed it was this one below, on the side of Tommy's... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The [marvellous] World of Stonehenge at The British Museum– Until 17th July...

  

  I am a bit late behind here – I went to see this marvellous British Museum exhibition back in March and I really thought I'd posted about it, especially as I... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Cornelia Parker at Tate Britain, 2022

  

  Yesterday I went to my favourite London art gallery, Tate Britain, to see the marvellous works by the wonderfully talented Cornelia Parker. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Day Trip to Leigh-On-Sea

  

  Thanks to my guided tours and online talks these past few years, I have met some lovely people who have become friends. Last month, after leading my 'Arcades an... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Reframed: The Woman In The Window at Dulwich Picture Gallery

  

  Ooh this is a good idea, and something I hadn’t noticed or thought about until I heard about this show – the repeated motif that can be seen throughout centurie... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Coal Hole Cover Plates Made by the Luxfer Company of Finsbury

  

  Striding up Sackville Street earlier this week, cutting through from Piccadilly to Vigo Street, I happened upon these two unusual coal hole cover plates made... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Good, The Bad and The Unfriendly – Van Gogh Portraits at The Courtauld...

  

  The Courthauld Gallery closed its doors in Autumn 2018 for a refit and rehang that took three years , reopening in November 2021. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Circles of Delight in WC2

  

  Last week whilst ambling from Piccadilly to Holborn via Long Acre, admiring the architecture and generally enjoing the sunshine, I happened upon this lovely... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Criminal Loss of Curved Art Deco Windows at Balenciaga, New Bond Street

  

  I am often to be heard talking about how surprising it is that many of the marvellous examples of Art Deco interwar architectutre along Old and New Bond... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Little Letters at Low Level

  

  Has anyone else ever spotted this on the streets of this far city?Only, I have showed the image above to many London historians, guides and friends and,... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Owen & Thomas, Linen Drapers, 376-378 Bethnal Green Road

  

  I took a quick snap of this when I spotted this last year, but being as that was a very dull day and there was some scafolding covering half of the wall, I am... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS