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• Hold The Handrail – TfL's Horribly Confusing Safety Posters

  

  I can't be the only one who finds Transport for London's safety posters rather ill-conceived. Their design team seem to have overlooked that many people who... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• TCSU and LBH-EP – Bold and Brassy Additions, but What Do They Mean

  

  Last Thursday, whilst leading my Notting Hill Ghostsigns walking tour, we happened upon a utility access plate near Portobello Road market, within the pavement... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• What's Going on at J. Lyons & Co, Throgmorton Street?

  

  Whenever I am wandering around the City of London, I often take a detour into Throgmorton Street to check if anything is happening at the site once occupied by... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Piccadilly Hotel (today The Dilly) and Cordings – a Glitch in the Timeline?

  

  I popped into The Dilly to see if there was anything left of what was, over 100 years ago, often described as one of the most impressive hotels in the world. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• I See Stripes – Portrait Award 2024 at NPG – Ends 27th October

  

  Every year I try to see the final cut for the National Portrait Gallery's award. Find out more here. On this occasion, I visited with a friend and discovered... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Coriolanus at The National Theatre – Disappointing, Overproduced and...

  

  I went to Coriolanus at the NT's Olivier Theatre on Monday evening.This is my view of stage before the play started. This stage set is actually the star of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Sir George Peabody and Paul Julius Baron Von Reuter – Marvellous Memorials

  

  I wrote recently about the shops around the exterior of the Royal Exchange and their lovely architectural details. The pedestrianised street that runs along... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Cinema Museum, Lambeth – Always Worth Another Visit

  

  I wrote about The Cinema Museum after a visit in 2013 and I have been back a few times. Every time I go there I discover something new or get talking to... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Shops Around The Royal Exchange – Searle & Co, Cigars and Stale Pastries

  

  Wandering around The Royal Exchange in The City of London on a quiet Sunday afternoon I happened to notice what might be the tiniest light well I have ever seen... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Estate Agent Ghostsign at Fulham Broadway Station.

  

  I can’t be the only one now singing “I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station” from Ian Dury’s What A Waste. It was about 15 years ago when I first... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Public Art in The City of London – Sara Barker at Angel Court

  

  Angel Court echoes an ancient path that today links Throgmorton Street to Copthall Avenue between high-rise glass office buildings. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Graffiti at Horseguards Parade Building

  

  Horseguards Parade ground links Whitehall to St James's Park. I love marching across the open space listening to the scrunch scrunch scrunch of the gravel... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Farm Hall at the Gorgeous Theatre Royal Drury Haymarket

  

  I'm a bit late with this as Farm Hall, the production I went to see a few weeks ago, has now finished its run. I really enjoyed the play – clever and... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Carvings in Cornhill, Inlets and Outlets, and Lofty Observations in the City of...

  

  Wandering around the quiet streets in The City of London after visiting Leadenhall Market I ambled into Cornhill. I stopped to admire one of my favourite... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Kensington Coal Hole Cover Plates – Farmer, Pearson, Bartle and Bird

  

  I recently wrote about the lovely things to be found along the streets to the east of Gloucester Road and I mentioned that I spotted quite a lot of attractive... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• August 15th – Happy Birthday to Us!

  

  Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, etc.I had an idea to put together a small montage of people who share my birthday but then I remembered some other... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Commemorative Plaques and Woodblocks in Langley Street, Covent Garden

  

  My first job after leaving school in 1980 was as junior in the design and artwork studio of Lennart Advertsing, 7a Langley Street, Covent Garden, WC2. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Portland Stone Façade of Joseph Emberton's Magnificent 1929 Building at...

  

  Going past Olympia on the top deck of a bus from Hammersmith to high Street Kensington earlier this week, it meant I had a good view of the works there. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Ding Dong Doorways and Doulton – Delightful Distractions in Kensington

  

  I went to the The Design Centre on yesterday afternoon. I like it there. But this time, my enjoyment was spoiled by screaming kids at every turn, meaning I... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Another Tiled Shop Front Has Gone – Express Dairies, 300 Westbourne Grove,...

  

  There seems to be a tile removal epidemic... as if it's not bad enough painting over tiles as per here and here and here, at least the paint can one day be... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2024 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS