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• FOUND at the Foundling Museum – Curated by Cornelia Parker

  

  Here's interesting... in amongst the lovely historical artefacts and artworks at this small but evocative museum there are exhibits by sixty modern artists... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Halo Tower, Stratford

  

  Wandering along Stratford High Street the other week I stopped to photograph this mosaic depicting a street seller.A Georgian flower sellerI was then... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Markfield Beam Engine – Steaming into Action This Weekend

  

  For many years I have been noticing the brown tourist information signs off the Tottenham one way system that point to Markfield Beam Engine, making a mental... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Coal Hole Covers of North Audley Street

  

  I have for many years been photographing coal hole cover plates on London streets and have amassed quite a collection of different designs made by or depicting... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Winifred Knights at Dulwich Picture Gallery

  

  This lovely exhibition in a lovely location displays of the work of the marvelously talented Winifred Knights; an artist, until, last week I had never known... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Crouch End Festival 2016

  

  It's local festival time.North London is awash with them lately, in Caledonian Road, Barnsbury, Highgate, Stroud Green and more. (Go Google... I am feeling... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Kiosks and Shops on London Underground Platforms

  

  St James's Park station sits directly underneath 55 Broadway (see last post below).Coming home on Monday evening at about 7.30pm I noticed the old newspaper... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Tour of 55 Broadway

  

  Earlier this week I joined a group of London Historians for a tour of the Grade I listed 55 Broadway, currently HQ of Transport For London. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Black Cap Yard, Camden

  

  The Black Cap public house in Camden High Street now stands empty awaiting a new future since it closed in April 2015.The pub opened in the mid-18th century as... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Dockers' Mistresses – Something to Come Home to

  

  OK, so you've been at sea and there's been nary a female in sight for months, perhaps even years.So, how nice to come back and hook up with something curvy? Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Nerd Nite London – It's Hip to Be Square

  

  Rubbish pics, but you get the drift. Bottom left is the MoC shopLast month I went to my first Nerd Nite evening at The Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Breast Screening Day – a Cancerous Coincidence

  

  Friday 13th May.This morning I will be at Whittington Hospital having a breast screening.Today is my mother's birthday. She was born on Friday 13th May 1938... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Swain's Lane, Highgate West Hill, Development of Site

  

  I have for many years been keeping my eye on the old garages at the corner of Swain's Lane on Highgate West Hill. It always pleased me that this sinuous low-ris... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Olympian Way, Greenwich, Continued

  

  Ok, so where was I?We'd given up on the foreshore, walked around the O2, seen some dodgy art and attempted to understand the confusing development 'plans' for... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Terry O'Neill Exhibition at Fiat Chrysler Motor Village

  

  Take a detour from your shopping expedition and rather than turn into M S near Marble Arch, instead turn down Orchard Street to the corner of Wigmore Street... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• 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