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• Tate Modern Update

  

  You may have read here before that I am not that keen on the Tate Modern.I am delighted to share with you The London Column's thoughts on this building, entitle... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Changing Face of Tottenham Lane

  

  The Broadway and Clock Tower area still has a few hints here and there of it's Edwardian hey day (actually, that's a thought: is it busier/ more popular now?! Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Black Cat Cabaret Revisted

  

  Last year I reported that I'd had a fabulous evening at one of the Black Cat Cabaret evenings at The Café de Paris on Leicester Square. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• New Header and Slight Redesign for Jane's London

  

  As you can see I have been busy making a Jane's London header for the site using images of lettering, mosaics, coal holes and doorbells.Here is a montage showin... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• All Change at Chambers Wharf

  

  Chambers Wharf, on Bermondsey Wall, SE1, has stood derelict for many decades. Last year the blue boards went up and renovation process started along the road. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Tottenham's Army Club Ghost Sign RIP

  

  Travelling back from that big blue and yellow shop last week I was dismayed to see that the old Army Club cigarettes advertisement adjacent to the Tottenham... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Rotherhithe Forage

  

  Last Sunday I met up with a group of like-minded friends for what I call 'A Forage On The Foreshore'.This is the second of these gatherings I have organised –... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Kew Gardens Illuminated Trail – Only 2 Days Left

  

  As above, there's only 2 days left to see this and tickets still available.I really liked the colours on the uplit trees, the lanterns in the trees, the light... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• New Things for 2014

  

  Here are some news(a sentence that would normally be grammatically incorrect; but, in this instance it's OK):Top row: Newman Street, New Cross, Camberwell New... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• An Advent Calendar and an Alternative Christmas Recommendation

  

  I have been quoted on this online advent calender recommending the Museum Mile – see 22nd December.But I can't see anything there right now. Perhaps it will onl... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The O2, Confectionery and Tube Signage

  

  I went to the O2 on Thursday to take some things in preparation for my stall at Handmade Christmas. I am still there today.Amelia, not Amilia! Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Stumped in North London

  

  I have been noticing a lot of cut-down trees around here since the storm earlier this year.It would be a really nice idea if they could be carved into nice... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Southwark Cathedral

  

  Last week I made reference to a sculpture that was installed in this beautiful Cathedral.Now I am plugging Southwark Cathedral itself. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Non-skating Reindeer

  

  In Primrose Street, just off Bishopsgate, at the foot of the steps that lead up to Exchange Square, there is a very big reindeer made out of Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Barbican

  

  Is anyone else still getting lost in the Barbican? Or is it just me? I find it hard to get in and out of the complex (ha ha!), or from one side of the lake... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Diggin' Design at The Garden Museum

  

  The Garden Museum's Winter Fayre 'Diggin' Design' takes place this year on Sunday 1st December.The lovely converted church of St Mary's, Lambeth, home to The... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Economist Plaza and Nic Fiddian Green's Large Horses

  

  I was just looking for info on Southwark Cathedral for a future post and found a piece about Nic Fiddian Green's 'Christ Rests In Peace' that was installed ther... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Philanthropy: The City Story at The Charterhouse

  

  There is an interesting exhibition on at the Charterhouse at the moment full of information about entrepreneurial people who, by donating their time and money t... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Old Pub Buildings

  

  Some my earliest posts on Jane's London were about old pubs. I was, and still am, fascinated by pubs that have the old name still visible somewhere, yet now hav... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Garden Across the River Thames

  

  Earlier this year I watched a programme on TV about a fanciful idea to construct a parkland walk across the Thames between the bridges of Waterloo and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS