A lovely trip through the centre of London the other week by Thames Clipper, under the shadow of the absurdly huge Shard-enfreude which looks like the Tyrrell Corporation in Blade Runner. Includes Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, City Hall, The Shard, Globe Theatre, Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern, St Paul’s Cathedral, National Theatre, Royal Festival […]
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A second batch of photos from my north London garden to cheer us up now that the weather has turned gloomy and we may never see the sun again this side of New Year. The Lone Hydrangea. Acanthus (Bear’s Breeches), sedum, pulmonaria (lungwort), and an olive tree, which is already producing fruit, given to me
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Crikey! Well, Boris. It’s big. And it’s red. It certainly gets my attention. No more TV reception worries for you. Were you trying for Tatlin’s Tower, that revolutionary celebration of modernism? Only ninety-odd years too late. And I’m not sure the Bolsheviks, whose 1917 victory it was conceived to commemorate, are your cup of cha.
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I finally got around to editing the bits of video of our visit to the German Winter Wonderland funfair in London’s Hyde Park last week, and here it is. I’m riding the Snow Storm at the end and that bit’s shot by Harpymarx, all on my Nokia 5800 mobile, Madam Miaow says … visit Anna
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Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland at sunset Strapped in and ready to go (pic by Louise) Madam Miaow and Harpy under the Roller Coaster It’s just poor luck that both Harpy and I watched Final Destination 3 the night before our fun outing to the AMAZING!!! fairground from Germany in Hyde Park over the Christmas and
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A free day in London can mean varied entertainment and practically no dosh required. This is how I spent yesterday. We take the bus into town, intending to head straight for the Tate Modern a little way up from the stop at Waterloo Bridge. But London transport being the roulette game it is, we’re all
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