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• The Worshipful Company of Vintners Livery Hall

  

  You may recall that earlier this year I visited two of London's livery company halls, namely The Drapers and The Cutlers.Well here are some pics I took whilst o... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Forage on the Foreshore in Rotherhithe Then a Walk Around Surrey Quays Along...

  

  On Sunday 23rd August I met up with a group of friends for a Forage on The Foreshore. This time we met late morning outside The Angel pub at Rotherhithe with a... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Why is the UK Still Knocking Down Historic Cinemas?

  

  That's the heading on this article from BBC News.Well I don't know.Of the London cinemas that remain but are no longer used for their orginal purpose many have... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Brewfest - Bank Holiday Weekend August 2015

  

  Yesterday I went to check out Meantime Brewing Company's Brewfest 2015 in the shadow of the O2 on the Greenwich Peninsula. The event continues today and tomorro... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• What's the Time Mr Wolf? Damaged Clock Faces in Holloway Road

  

  Directly above No.296 Holloway Road, just north of the tube station, there are two angled clock faces under a lovely old eight-sided windowed cupola. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Birthday Fun at London Zoo (ZSL)

  

  I share my birthday with many people including Princess Anne, Ben Affleck, Oscar Peterson and Napoloeon Bonaparte but, best of all, with my friends' lovely... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Brunswick Square and Hornsey Road

  

  Compare and contrastI took these snaps within Brunswick Square because I like the patchwork quilt effect and geometrical shapes:Walking along Hornsey Road near... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Walk Along Kings Road (part 2) – The Chelsea Potter, RSoles and The...

  

  This continues from my post on July 24thAn Art Nouveau-esque typeface on the optician's sign uses a cut of Arnold Böcklin by Otto Weisert harking back to the... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Tour and Lunch at Middle Temple Hall

  

  I cannot believe I haven't posted about this earlier as it was way back in April that I did this.Hidden away between Fleet Street and The Embankment is an area... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• College Street and Little Green Street, NW5

  

  Tucked away parallel to Highgate Road, between Kentish Town and Highgate, behind The Vine public house, is a lovely little footpath called College Lane. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Update on Harpers of Holloway Ghostsign

  

  A few months ago I noticed that scaffolding had gone up all around the Harpers Building on Holloway Road and was covering the old sign for Harpers of Holloway... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Gone but Not Forgotten – G. Smith & Sons, Tobacconist and Purveyor of Snuff

  

  The first of a new series remembering shops and businesses I have known or used myself that have closed down or been demolished in the last few years. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Ghostsign Palimpsest Recalled

  

  I was walking down Canonbury Road last week and I spotted this food trailer parked up on the pavement:It reminded me of this lovely ghostsign palimpsest on Stok... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Whittington Park's Hidden Mural

  

  Whittington Park near Upper Holloway Station is just a short walk from my house. I often go there to sit, meet friends, relax, attend events or just... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Walk Along Kings Road

  

  The groovy shops and cafés of the King's Road in its 1960s heyday have all disappeared but there are a few interesting details along the street that hint at thi... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Dirty Millennium Bridge – Here We Go Again

  

  Just like the Golden Jubliee Bridges, the Millennium Bridge's handrails are the only clean bits to be found along the structure as people take in the views... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Cherubic View

  

  As you know, I like to look at the details on buildings. The top deck of a bus often affords a better view and a chance for a few dodgy snapshots complete with... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Westminster Cathedral, the Mother Church

  

  I expected it to be an embarrassing admission telling my friends that up until early June this year I had never before set foot inside Westminster Cathedral*.... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Temperance. Temperance.

  

  From a No29 bus last month I snapped a few pics of the abandoned Temperance Hospital in Hampstead Road, NW1:May 2015This group of once-proud and important... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Coal Holes of Warwick Square

  

  I was wandering about between Victoria and Pimlico hunting for a bench on which to sit and eat my take-away sandwich and had rather hoped that the garden in... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS