London
Storm 2013
So, as anyone in the UK can’t have missed, we’ve had a big storm across the south of England in the last few days. We knew it was coming, so in the grand scheme of […]
Read MoreA Walk From Greenwich
If you can find it through all its wigglings, the Thames Path is one of the most serene and beautiful walks in London, in my opinion. I’ve done large swathes of it in various goes; […]
Read MoreDawn Chorus
An alarm wails at 6.00 am in the autumnal city. Residents on the local housing estates come awake slowly. Are their flats on fire? No. A quick assessment of the noise: it is outside the […]
Read MoreWalks along Regents Canal
It’s been a while since I did this, but finally, on my way to stick-hitting, I went for a wander along Regents Canal. The Canal used to be a vital industrial lifeline for London, but […]
Read MoreThe British Museum
I love the British Museum. Love it love it love it. During GCSE Art, I’d go camp out in the South East Asian gallery and just draw stuff. Not very well, I hasten to add […]
Read MorePostman’s Park
Funny how you can think you know a place and then, one not very special day at all, you look left and spot something completely different. Take Postman’s Park. I think I know the area […]
Read MoreAutocorrect London
All praise to Londonist for this, which is fantastic AND sadly true…
Read MoreRecession Grafitti
When the going gets tough, let us not pretend that the ordinary bod on the street isn’t hit. Let’s not pretend that it doesn’t leave its scars on our physical landscape and lives, ranging from […]
Read MoreThick Snow in London
London in the snow is beautiful. A black and white landscape, children playing in the parks, snowmen on the lawn, icicles hanging off the traffic lights and a horizon made magical by the blur of […]
Read MoreBussing
I had no idea about this. Best thing to say – have a read of this for a phenomenon I had no idea about, but which I can sorta see happening all too easily. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6312383
Read MoreAaaaaaaahhhh!
And I say again… aaaaahh! There’s nothing quite like getting a provisional bill for £11,700 from your local council for repair works to the council estate on which you live, to make you go…. aaaaaah! […]
Read MoreWhen the Clocks Go Back
London in that week before the clocks go back is a strange place. You wake in darkness, walk to work as the sun… doesn’t exactly rise, merely as the grey cloud in the sky shifts […]
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