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Jane's London
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The things I like, love and dislike about London featuring my photo montages of the little details that often go unnoticed – boot scrapers, coal holes, doorway mosics, architectural oddities, weathervanes and more
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This is Not Bog Standard
A while back I made mention of the marvellous ladies' toilet interior at The Duke Of Sussex pub near Lower Marsh (which I am pretty sure have since been... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Thomas Judd, Monumental Mason, 123 Holloway Road
Some people read chick-lit, others read crime thrillers. Well I read a lot of old street directories to see how our streets have changed over the decades. It's ... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Black Friday? Black Friday Weekend? Black November?
Black Black Black!! I see black!In the past few years a relatively new shopping period has taken over our high streets. It's called Black Friday and as far as... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Archway Christmas Spectacular – Sunday 2nd December
Find me this Sunday 2nd December at my stall on Navigator Square adjacent to Archway tube station where I will be selling my cards and prints including... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Camden Ghostsigns – a Walking Tour – Saturday 17th November
This Saturday I will be leading a walk around Camden Town, its High Street and the area around Hampstead Lock, following a trail of ghostsigns that are still... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
A Hallowe'en Spooktacular – FREE Guided Walks in N19
Here's one for your diary...Hallowe'en usually finds me behind locked doors with the TV cranked up loud to cover the noise of the doorbell and the whining from... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Walk This Way in Smithfield Poultry Market
Whilst having a wander about the old markets on Sunday afternoon I noticed these painted fellas on the pavement and felt the urge to share them.See here for som... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Drunken Barnaby's Journal by Richard Brathwait
Last Saturday I spent a very pleasant afternoon leading short tours around N19 as part of Archway With Words 2018.Whilst talking about The Mother Redcap public... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Guided Walks – Local History, Literary Themes and Commemoration
The weather at this time of year is perfect for going on a guided tour and learning more about the area you live in. Or, perhaps, you'd like to find out about... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
A. Freeman, Horse Dealer, Pentonville Road
If you go the gates with the flipped letters on Mayward House on Pentonville Road, next door to The Crafts Council, you will see a driveway leading to Freeman... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Camden Highline – a Linear Park Between Camden and Kings Cross
Last month I went on a tour to find out more about this innovative crowd-funded project to turn the disused railway lines that abut the Overground railway in NW... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Congress House, Dyott Street
Last week I paid £10 to go on a 'tour' of Congress House, the modernist building created on the corner of Great Russell Street and Dyott Street for the TUC. Read more
Posted on 11 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Marlborough Theatre, Holloway
A marvellous theatre, designed by the prolific Mr Frank Matcham and built in 1903, used to stand in Holloway Road on the west side of the street, almost opposit... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Angel Canal Festival 2008 – Sunday September 2nd
Wow! Where did the year go?Angel Canal Festival is upon us again.This colourful one-day event happens on and around City Road Lock and Basin with lots to see an... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Drink Prosecco on the Regents Canal and Save the Swans
On Saturday 15th September 12-2pm, please come and join us for a 2-hour boat trip on Freda, one of Hidden Depths' narrow boats. Read more
Posted on 13 August 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Holloway Leather Stores – Lovely Carved Wooden Shop Sign Reveal in N7
Look what I noticed last week...A shop at 229 Holloway Road is at the moment empty and available for rent through local agent Drivers Norris. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Goodbye Highbury Corner Roundabout
Have you seen what's been going on at Highbury Corner recently?It's turned into Islington's version of Diggerworld expect that the machines don't seem to have... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Sun Street and The Flying Horse
Demolition and reconstruction. Will it never end?And this I saw it coming for years....Sun Street runs behind the Broadgate complex just north of near... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Gardners in Spitalfields on a Sunny Saturday
149 Commercial StreetThis shop, just along from Spitalfields Market, always brings a smile to my face. And especially so on such a gloriously sunny day. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Things That Divide Us. Pilastercide.
The pilasters that divide shops help delineate where one shop ends and the next one starts. 100 years a lot of marvellous effort went into designing and creatin... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS