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• Update on the Old Whittington Park Mural

  

  A couple of years ago I took my friend Jen, to Whittington Park to show her an old mural that had become obscured by plants. Read about that here. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Puzzled by a London Puzzle at Christmas

  

  Last week, on Christmas Day afternoon, I cleared the table, poured the wine, and got to work on a PuzzleMap jigsaw of London that I'd found whilst rummaging at ... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Seasonal Stuff

  

  Last night I went to see Cinderella at Hackney Empire.Well... what can I say... but WOW! What an absolute delight. A joy.It's on until 31st December and I urge... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Festive Events South, North and East

  

  I should've written about the first two of these before they happened, not after. Then again, you wouldn't get to see the photos. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Christmas Lights in London

  

  'Tis the season to be jolly and all thatLast week I posted about the Archway switch on, one of many local events that took place last weekend. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• North London Polytechnic, Holloway Road – Compare and Contrast

  

  I was just tidying up my photo archive and rediscovered a folder called Holloway Road Then and Now from when I was taking comparison pics and writing about... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Archway Christmas Lights Switch On Event – Tomorrow Sunday December 3rd

  

  The new space next to Archway Station will be filled full of stalls and entertainment tomorrow – and they'll finally be announcing the name of the piazza. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Today – Frozen In Time Procession – Blackfriars, London SE1

  

  I do love a good procession or parade.And this one promises a "gigantic metal animation".I stupidly missed that big elephant in Trafalgar Square about eight... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Freightliners Farm

  

  It never ceases to amaze me how many people who live in Holloway don't know that this is here.I am here only showing images of the lovely tiled panels on the... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Melancholia: A Sebald Variation – an Exhibition at Somerset House

  

  Melancholia: A Sebald Variation is a marvellous thought-provoking exhibition hidden away in the Inigo Rooms within the East Wing at Somerset House.It's really... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Diary of a Nobody at Kings Head Theatre – Avoid Avoid!!

  No pics with this post – just a review about what I had hoped would be an interesting twist on a much-loved book; a book I have read four times. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• What is Whitebait? Read Roger Williams's Book and Find out More

  

  Whitebait – a tasty fishstarter?Or evil selective fishing?And what exactly is a whitebait anyway?Find out more in this wonderfully informative and absorbing... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Dick Whittington's Cat

  

  Turn around turn around Lord Mayor of London.For almost 700 years people have been relating the story about how young Dick Whittington was leaving London after... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Richmond Lock and Weir Draw-off – Low Tide on the Thames – 29th October to 19th...

  

  Each year the tidal Thames is allowed to rise and fall naturally between Richmond and Teddington locks, so that the Port of London Authority can carry out... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Whittington Park Cafe – Colourful, Tasty and Great Value for Money

  

  Wandering through Whittington Park yesterday morning on my way home from my osteopath I popped into the Whittington Community Centre on Yerbury Road to drop... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Guided Walks in Islington Led by Yours Truly

  

  I wrote recently about how I'd spent much of the first six months of this year doing a course to become a Clerkenwell and Islington guide and how last month I... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Take One Picture – Creatve Inspiration for Schoolchildren at The National Gallery

  

  My last post was about the Degas exhibition at the National Gallery. If you do go to see that, or even if you don't, walk through the adjacent gift shop where... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell – National Gallery Until May 2018

  

  Last week I was invited along to the press view of a lovely Degas exhibition in the basement of the National Gallery – it's the first time this collection of... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A View of St Pauls from Bankside – 1917 and 2017

  

  Earlier this year I bought a marvellous proof etching by Leslie Moffat Ward, entitled "Before St Paul's". It shows the a 1917 view of St Paul's from Bankside. S... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Free Lectures at Gresham College, Holborn

  

  Earlier this month I went to the London Historians' annual lecture at Gresham College, a stone's throw from Chancery Lane underground station. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS