Category Archives: London

Stolen Hours in London

Posted on November 11, 2011 by John

Hav­ing to go to Lon­don for work some­times involves a quick there and back but whenever I can I like to tag on some­thing for myself.  This time, by get­ting an early train I had time to nip to the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Another London Amble

Posted on October 1, 2011 by John

Prob­ably because they don’t run so many trains as East Coast, we hadn’t pre­vi­ously trav­elled on Grand Cent­ral to or from Lon­don.  The set was a 125 — which  must be the world’s longest lived high speed diesel train.   … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Small and Eccentric

Posted on August 6, 2011 by John

We man­age to sub­scribe to a num­ber of small and eccent­ric pub­lic­a­tions which, taken together, give us a lot of pleas­ure.  (The ever-wonderful “Private Eye” doesn’t count for these pur­poses, nor the Lon­don Review of Books, which are too big … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Abandoned in London

Posted on March 6, 2011 by John

Not us, actu­ally, but 16,000 chil­dren left at the Found­ling Hos­pital in the late 18th cen­tury.  A fas­cin­at­ing small exhib­i­tion at the Found­ling Museum by Coram’s Fields in Blooms­bury, dis­play­ing a small selec­tion of the tex­tile tokens which moth­ers left … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Down Lambeth Way in Sheffield

Posted on January 23, 2011 by John

Won­der­fully enjoy­able pro­duc­tion of “Me and My Girl” at the Cru­cible.  The three big hit tunes, “The Lam­beth Walk”, “The Sun Has Got his Hat On” and “Lean­ing on the Lamp Post at the Corner of the Street” were part … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Baltic

Posted on June 19, 2010 by John

No, not that stretch of cold water between Sweden and the vari­ous half-starved states on the East­ern side but a splen­did res­taur­ant just by South­wark Tube on Black­fri­ars Road.  An extremely com­pre­hens­ive vodka bar, excel­lent and well-cooked food, nicely presen­ted … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Kew

Posted on June 19, 2010 by John

Long time no see — almost not since it was 2d to get in through the turn­stiles.  Blue­bells, mostly, but rhodo­den­drons too, and aza­leas. Then along the river path to Rich­mond — at least a dozen her­ons on the bank … Con­tinue read­ing →

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London

Posted on June 17, 2010 by John

Oh lord, what shall we say about Lon­don ?  Stay­ing in the heart of Blooms­bury with a view over the private garden behind Bed­ford Place, and then, rais­ing one’s eyes, the dome over the Brit­ish Museum Read­ing Room and swoop­ing beside … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Love-Affair with London — continued

Posted on March 27, 2009 by John

A week­end trip, and then a day on busi­ness. A selec­tion of pleas­ures (apart from those already men­tioned): See­ing old friends Sit­ting on the ter­race of Somer­set House in the sun­shine Cock­tails in some base­ment nr Cov­ent Garden (I could … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Plague and Pastoral

Posted on March 27, 2009 by John

I can’t remem­ber ever hav­ing been in the Wal­lace Col­lec­tion before — and it’s actu­ally quite offput­ting — so much STUFF !  Brings out my min­im­al­ist tend­en­cies in a quite over­power­ing way — it’s just as well they have turned … Con­tinue read­ing →

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