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• Hanging on in There in York Way

  

  Just north of the railway line at 186 York Way, over the road from what used to be Maiden Lane railway station, just one old Victorian building remains... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Christmas is Coming...

  

  This Sunday 1st Dec, Noon–5.30pm, find me up at my stall on Navigator Square as part of Islington Council's Archway Christmas Lights Switch-on – this is always ... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Australia House

  

  Last week my friend Rob Smith, a fellow Footprints of London guide, told me that an Australian lady on one his walks said she followed my blog and she was... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Tutankhamun Exhibition at The Saatchi Gallery – It's Good but It's Not Good

  

  Last week I went to a preview of this exhibition and it's been playing on my mind ever since as to what to write here. I was initially excited to be going to se... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Sacred Markings at St Magnus The Martyr

  

  St Magnus The Martyr on Lower Thames Street sits at the northern end of Old London Bridge.There are some interesting things in the churchyard including a... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Cally Clocktower and Park – Guided Tours

  

  I have really enjoyed leading tours up to the top of this marvellous clocktower.Having spent time talking to people using the park or living in the flats... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Rembrandt's Light at Dulwich Picture Gallery

  

  Oooh this is lovely.Dulwich Picture Gallery have again come up with a corker of an exhibition.Last week I went on a curators' tour of Rembrandt's Light... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Bike Lane Markings

  

  Just a couple of pics of freshly painted bicycle lane makings.I alway like the little ones sprayed onto the kerbside showing where the road markings should be... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Unusual Light Wells and Coal Holes

  

  Earlier this year I stopped in my tracks outside 258 Pentonville Rd, when I happened upon a very unusual light well running the full width of the shop. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Billiard Factory, 443-9 Holloway Road, London N7

  

  Well this is intriguing...Between NYT and Safestore, September 2019Never mind that they look to have made only one billiard here (it must've been a really big... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Vile Re-tiling on The Queen's Head, Essex Rd

  

  The exterior of the Queen's Head public house on Essex Road, Islington N1, has recently suffered a make-over.It now looks like a pastiche of an inside out 1906... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Goodbye Independent Shops – Hello Brand Name Mediocracy

  

  On 10th March 2017 a small version of B Q opened up in Holloway Road within the old Post Office building. I was immediately concerned about the local independen... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Façadism: Calm Down Dear – It's Happening Everywhere!

  

  Façadism – keeping an original street-facing part of a building but removing and replacing everything behind it and then adding a new building behind it. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• An Attempt at Cleaning

  

  You are probably aware of the ongoing renovations in front of and around Highbury Islington Station and the re-routing of the traffic around the roundabout... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Floating Museum at City Road Basin, Sunday 1st September

  

  The Angel Canal Festival takes place every year on the first Sunday of September around City Road Basin, Regents Canal, Islington (11am to 5pm). The event is... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Pillars of NYT

  

  The building that is home to the National Youth Theatre, 443-5 Holloway Rd, N7, was originally built as Holloway Hall in 1865 and used for meetings, events and... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Charles Baker, Optical and Surgical Instrument Maker, 244 High Holborn

  

  Earlier this week, whilst hunting for something else in amongst my suitcases of collected bric-a-brac, I rediscovered my small collection of opera and field... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• An Elephantine Enigma

  

  Can anyone help with any information about this little theatre/cinema that used to be on Market Road mid-way on the north side between The White Horse (Gin... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Goodby to Niclar House – an Art Deco Delight

  

  Shocking news.On Sunday last I was leading my Art Deco Spitalfields tour and we were heading northwards up Bishopsgate. The next stop was to be Niclar house wit... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Cally Festival TODAY – Sunday 23rd June Noon-6pm

  

  A lively event in Caledonian in a closed-off section of Caledonian Rd between Copenhagen Street and Offord Road. Live music stages, stalls, entertainment, food... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS