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Snowdays 20 Jan 2013 | 08:19 pm
Being categorically clumsy, I usually dislike any form of weather which makes my usual faceplant more likely. However, I loved walking in the snow this weekend around the Shoreditch area. It was beaut...
Istanbul: The Bosphorus 19 Sep 2012 | 01:33 pm
View from Topkapi Palace Beautiful villas on the Asian side of the Bosphorus Topkapi Palace silhouette Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya I took a too-short trip to Istanbul with Nonbook, El Tel and D. W...
Istanbul: Grand Bazaar 18 Sep 2012 | 11:17 pm
The bazaar was friendlier and more relaxed than I'd thought it would be. The perfectly arranged piles upon piles made each stall such a total pattern that any purchase was almost an aberration.
Southbank Skyscapes 10 Sep 2012 | 12:08 am
Crowds are so much nicer when they're silhouettes. all by me.
The River Walk 2 Sep 2012 | 10:52 pm
We took a stroll around the north and chose our route by flipping a coin at each junction. We came across the New River Walk, Islington, where the water is almost entirely still. A little pocket of ...
Sepia Squares 29 Jul 2012 | 10:47 pm
Arnold Circus Holborn Brushfield Street Gordon Gardens Arnold Circus again, with bubbles. Double rainbow, Lewisham Regent's Canal St Paul's - taken shortly before Beckham and the Olympic torc.....
Arnold Circus 10 Jun 2012 | 09:07 pm
The Arnold Circus bandstand garden in Shoreditch is hosting an open day this weekend as part of the Open Gardens project. It’s a fantastic demonstration of the skill and hard work of community group ...
East End Wilderness 31 May 2012 | 06:42 pm
Yesterday Pips and I took a cheeky mid-week holiday. We strolled through the East End parks from London Fields to Mile End enjoying light rain and refreshment pauses. I learnt that Walter Besant wa....
Havelock Walk, Forest Hill 14 May 2012 | 07:55 pm
In a cobbled back street in the unassuming suburb of Forest Hill is a little row of artist's studios. Yesterday's open day was a great event - print, paint and sculpture were displayed and a punch.....
