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Stolen Hours in London
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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