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• Brymay Safety Matches – Hints of Another Ghostsign Spotted

  

  A few weeks ago I spotted part of an old hand-painted advertisement for Brymay Matches seeping through the paint on the North-facing corner of Archway Road. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• IWA Canalway Cavalcade, This Bank Holiday Weekend, 30April–02May, Little Venice

  

  Three days of colourful boats, entertainment, food, stalls and music.See the website for more info.Come and find me at my stall at the far end of the row above... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Unrestricted View – a Film Festival at Hen and Chickens Theatre, 25th April – 1s...

  

  The Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub is well-known for being the starting ground for many new productions. It's where small theatre projects have begun and comedian... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The London Marathon – I Can't Be Arsed

  

  Every now and then I open up a little book by Richard Wilson and read one of the 63 things he "can't be arsed" to do before he dies. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More from Greenwich Peninsula

  

  This follows on my last piece Just re-found these pics taken in August 2015 after an afternoon at the beer festival when we thought it would be a good idea to... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Mooch Around the Meridian – Greenwich Peninsula and the O2

  

  The plan was, as the tide was so low last weekend, to go and investigate the foreshore around the Greenwich Peninsula. But as we came off slip way we could see... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Vintage Car Boot at Kings Cross This Weekend

  

  Find me selling all sorts of bric-a-brac, tins, accessories and what-not tomorrow and Sunday at Cubitt's Yard, Kings Cross.For more info see the website. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Doorway Mosaics – Patterns and Motifs

  

  Last month I put together a collection of mosaic floors depicting company names. This time it's a collection of patterns of mainly flora and fauna:The thistle i... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Red Brick Reliefs

  

  High above our heads on old façades there are carved friezes, motifs, date stamps and words from the days when buildings were almost as individual as human bein... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• On the Foreshore at Limehouse

  

  Earlier this month a few friends joined me for a forage on the foreshore at Limehouse.The tide was particularly low that day and the sun was shining on us too.... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Shops of Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill

  

  Ooh I do love an old shop front, especially if it still retains its original curved window and tiled entrance. London has lost most of these beautiful old... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Doorway Mosaics – Shops an Pubs

  

  I am always on the look out for signs of original shop or pub names.Often I spot these hints of the past embedded in the masonry near the top of a building or o... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Tour of Saddlers Hall – Just Let Your Feet Go Clippity-clop

  

  Another livery company tour organised by London Historians.Saddlery is all the equestrian bits and pieces needed to deck out a horse, hence The Saddlers' Hall... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Masks and a Monkey – In Your Face – Nina Conti at Criterion Theatre

  

  Ventriloquism ... it's moved on since the days of Lord Charles and Orville. Nina Conti, Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus (right next to Eros)This week and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• London's Architectural Icon

  

  'Icon' and 'iconic' are often-repeated words these days, usually used to describe new buildings that are very tall and shouty – ooh look at me... try avoiding... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Beachcombing at Blackfriars

  

  Here are some pics from last October when I met up with a few friends under Blackfriars Bridge for what I call A Forage on the Foreshore.I particularly liked th... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Holland House in The City

  

  Continuing on from last Thursday's post...Holland House, 1-4 Bury Street, London EC3A 5AT.This was the first steel framed buildingto be constructed in in... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Art In The City, St Mary Axe and The Gherkin

  

  Last weekend I finally found time to go and see [most of] the art installations in and around The Gherkin At St Mary Axe last weekend. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Venus Fountain, Sloane Square

  

  This is the final part of my walk along Kings RoadI bet most people walk past this beautifully understated piece and don't even notice it. But, please do stop... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• London Lumiere – a Review

  

  Malcolm and I decided to spend two evenings taking in as much of this event as possible.Friday 15th JanuaryWe first went to see the installation at Oxford... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS