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• Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene – Room 1 Ay The National Gallery

  

  I went to the press viewing of this gorgeous painting last Tuesday.Go see it – it's lovely.I took some pics – they turned out to be rubbish...... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Vanessa Bell at Dulwich Picture Gallery and Sussex Modernism at Two Temple Place

  

  The Dulwich Picture Gallery is always worth a detour. Not only does it have a diverse and perfectly sized permanent display, but the curators are very good at... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Love and Peace – Not Just for Valentine's Day

  

  In a back street within the Peabody Estate to the side of Whitecross Street market there is a mosaic on a wall. In a circle it says I (heart) EC1. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Narrowboat Cruise Through Islington Tunnel with Hidden Depths

  

  There was a two-day event in and around St Pancras Lock this past weekend and it included free access to The Canal Museum and free rides on Freda, the larger... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Another Visit to Lower Marsh – Barrows and arrowsI Still Think There Must Be an...

  

  Back in March 2014 I wrote about Lower Marsh and its demise as a once thriving market street. And then followed it up with a piece about the old costermongers'... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Winter Lights at Canary Wharf Until Friday 27th January

  

  There are still three evenings left to see this (including today).Some of my pics from last night. Some of the light installations are wonderful including many... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Misinformation at Camden Lock Stables Market

  

  Whilst wandering around Camden a few weeks back I stopped to read an informative hoarding along the site that is being developed immediately south of Hawley Roa... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Waterloo Walk – Marvellous Mosaics and Classic Cars

  

  On a recent walking tour of the Southbank led by the very informative Peter Bertoud he showed us the doorway to Southbank Mosaics in the crypt St John's. I had... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• London Art Fair 2017, Business Design Centre, 18-22 January

  

  Later this week Islington's old Agricultural Hall will again be the location for the London Art Fair, crammed full of all sorts of inspirational work, both old... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Kings Cross Ghostsigns and Pentonville Road

  

  Last year I wrote about the Daily Express sign at Willesden and within that I alluded to signs for the Daily News.... Well, I believe I have found another one... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Fabric of Smithfield

  

  The area has changed so much and so quickly. I recall going to a venue on Charterhouse Street for a friend's birthday party one Saturday evening in 1996. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Bosworth and Naseby Join Harold in Highbury

  

  I recently noticed that three houses in Elwood Street, near Arsenal's old Highbury ground have some intriguing embellishments. They have shields and faces of... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Stop! Don't Forgotten the Hustler Soap – a Ghostsign in Harrow & Wealdstone

  

  Nice eh?Apart from the re-pointing that is.The ad looks to be Edwardian and shows the shopkeeper on the left calling the customer on the right to come back. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Follow the Light Trail at Kew Gardens 2016

  

  Colourful loveliness.Kew Gardens Christmas Lights Trail 2016I especially loved the fields of colour-changing musical little balls on sticks, the large white... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Ghostsign Above The Old Dairy

  

  Here we go again... how come I have only recently been spotting ghostsigns that must have been there for decades?!Considering I usually stop to admire the Old... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Yellow Foam People – Street Art in Hornsey Road

  

  Over the past few weeks a community of devilish little foam men has been appearing around the junction of Grenville Road and Hornsey Road, London N19. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Beans Carriers Ghostsign on City Road

  

  How long have I been walking and bussing past this and not noticed it?! I only spotted it in November when hunting for signs to use for my Angel Islington card. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Ideas About a Tiled Doorway at 265 Caledonian Road, N1

  

  You are probably already aware that I like to find nice old tiles or mosaics especially with the original company name embedded within them. Here is a link to... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Wooden Cover Plate in Tollington Park

  

  Strolling along Tollington Park, a lovely road in N4, last week I happened across a large rectangular cover plate within the pavement that was, and still is,... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 DESTINATIONS

• Christmas Lights Switch On – Fonthill Road, Finsbury Park – Thursday 1st December

  

  I hope this event will be as colourful as the poster. This area just behind Finsbury Park Station has been gradually upping its game these past few years with... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS