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• 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

• Clean up of Hanley Road HOVIS Ghostsign

  

  Another ghost sign demise.An old faded hand-painted HOVIS advertisement sits above The Old Dairy public house at the end of Hanley Road in Stroud Green. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• St James's Market, Piccadilly, SW1

  

  Last week I was wandering down towards Waterloo Place from Piccadilly and noticed that the area that once was St James's Market is surrounded by hoardings and i... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Junction Road Ghostsign Repainted. Grunt.

  

  Every now and then some ill-advised or mis-guided muppet with a vague idea that he/she is preserving history sets to with brush and paint and has a half-arsed... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Walthamstow Fragment – an Ionic Conundrum

  

  Outside Vestry House Museum in Walthamstow Village there sits a short column with an Ionic capital.Its irregular shape kept me intrigued for quite some time... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Accentuate the Positive – Three Rather Nice Places to Get off the No.19 Bus

  

  Fancy a pint?Theobalds Road St John StreetHighbury and IslingtonThree nice things – a series by Jane's Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Holloway Hullabaloo and The Big Day out in Whittington Park

  

  My local arts festival is now in full swing.On Sunday, 7th June, there will be a vibrant street party called The Holloway Hullabaloo (try saying that when you'r... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Centrepoint

  

  I have always liked Centrepoint. In comparison to all the plain sheets of glass to be found everywhere else (or Renzo Piano's hideous hi-rise Toytown just aroun... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Golden Jubilee Bridges

  

  If you are planning to go to the Southbank or come to the market in Embankment Gardens this weekend (see my last post below) you may need to cross the Thames... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• CityShowcase Market at Embankment Gardens

  

  Warning!!! This is a blatant plug!!!Those of you who have followed my clay pipe creations will be aware that I have been promising to produce a range of London... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Boston Manor House

  

  Earlier this month I went on a tour of the lovely Boston Manor House with a group from London Historians.It's hard to believe that I had never visited this... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Tree Carving in Kentish Town

  

  I spotted this tree stump carving in Islip Street, Kentish Town, last June and forgot all about it until now. I am nor even sure if it's still there.It resemble... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Archway Blues and Greens

  

  Archway has suffered from bad press. And more here.A couple of weeks ago I took a couple of colourful snapsArchway Tower... under renovationThe Co-operative... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Off The Cally – Barnsbury Wood and Bingfield Park

  

  A couple of months ago Jen and I went to investigate Barnsbury Wood, London's smallest local nature reserve, hidden behind a triangle of houses just a few... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Free Walking Tours This Month

  

  Earlier this year I wrote about Walk London's free winter walks.Well, they have recently announced that Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May will be SPRING INTO... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS