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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
LATEST ARTICLES ( 640 )
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These Boots Are Made for Walking
One Saturday morning last month I joined one of Walk London's free Winter Wanders Weekend Walks. The tour I'd chosen was St Paul's - The Secret Corners of the... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Some Battersea Village Observations
After our foreshore forage we stood a while in the garden of St Mary's Church. We admired the building and I noticed and liked how the moss on a gravestone... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
A Paper Chase
At the moment Centrepoint is swathed in netting and surrounded by scaffold and boarding, LRT's homogenous new Tottenham Court Station is partially open,... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Hampstead Heath Ponds
Last Sunday 9th Jen organised a wander around Hampstead Heath. When I met the group I noticed everyone was carrying great big cameras. Read more
Posted on 20 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Sing Little Foxy, Sing For Your Life
As you know I am a keen recycler and I hate to see waste. So a taxidermy roadkill musical sits right up my proverbial alley.Some non-singing archtectural foxy... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Nicholls & Clarke, Norton Folgate
I have always admired the clock on the imposing building that used to be the home of Nicholls Clarke sanitaryware and ironmongery on Norton Folgate, and had... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Find the Fake at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Become an art sleuth.One of the 270 paintings in the permanent collection is a Chinese replica that has been commissioned by the gallery in conjunction with Dou... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Customs House Foreshore
Every now and then I like to go on an organised foreshore forage led by an archaeologist. Last month I visited the Customs House section with a group from Londo... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Reading, Writing and Phonetics
Apparently the UK's school kids are having trouble writing the English Language, especially words with silent letters. If you click that link you'll see they... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Swain's Lane and Highgate
(This is the continuation of my last post)So where was I? Oh yes, I exited Waterlow Park and turned right up the hill towards Highgate Village.Immediately I... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Accentuate the Positive – Three Nice Things on the No.19 Bus Route
The nicest way to get from Finsbury Park to Battersea Bridge (north side) is to relax and enjoy the view from the top deck of a No. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Tufnell and Dartmouth and Waterlow Parks
Out for a afternoon stroll recently, I found myself at the Tufnell Park Station junction. Crossing into Dartmouth Park Hill to take a snap of the Boston Arms... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Buy a Gun for Peace One Day
If you ever fancied buying a decommissioned and customised Colt M-16 assault rifle whilst helping to raise money for a good cause, now's the time to get your... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Grayson Perry: Who Are You? at the National Portrait Gallery
There is still plenty of time to follow the trail around the NPG to see fourteen works created by the multi-talented Mr Perry in conjunction with his Channel 4... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Are These Connected?
On the top deck of a bus going along Piccadilly recently I noticed this building:So I pondered if it is in some way connected to a similar building in Upper... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Drink Water for Free – Find-a-Fountain
I am still bemused as to why people buy water in plastic bottles from the supermarkets and then lug them all the way home. The water that comes out of out the... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
'Drawn By Light' and 'Making Life Worth Living' at The Science Museum
Wandering down Exhibition Road, marvelling at how the partial pedestrianistation has been a big success, I noticed that the boards have been removed from the... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Happy New Year... and a Positive Resolution
Whoosh! Is it just me, or did 2014 fly by very quickly indeed?Happy New Year from some of my favourite ghostsignsHovis, Haig, Dunphy, Supper, Brymay, Pring,... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Bottles and Bricks on Battersea Beach
Every now and then I get a group of friends together and we go for what I call "A Forage on the Foreshore".Yesterday the weather was forecast as 6ºC but bright... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Jane's Connect. What Links These Pics?
here's a little quiz for Christmas, though unlike these cards it has got nothing to do with the time of year or Christmas at all.All of the above are in... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS