Category Archives: London

An exhib­i­tion of per­sonal WW1 mem­or­ab­ilia at the Imper­ial War Museum (sur­roun­ded by traffic just south of the river, bey­ond Water­loo).  Very well laid out and dis­played and abso­lutely fas­cin­at­ing. Just the right mix of text and arte­facts, phở­tos etc. … Con­tinue read­ing →

It’s some­thing of a con­fes­sion to say I’d never been to the Cour­tauld gal­lery before. As I climbed the wind­ing stair­case in Somer­set House (there’s a a par­al­lel one for ser­rvants) I glanced into a room and there were the … Con­tinue read­ing →

There’s a pub called “The Spice of Life” on Cam­bridge Cir­cus, in the base­ment bar of which there’s one of those small, formerly smoky ven­ues, which is where you feel jazz always should hap­pen, though 4.30 on a Sunday after­noon … Con­tinue read­ing →

To Lon­don — turned left out of King’s Cross up York Way — no longer the haunt of drug push­ers and whores and small dubious-looking shops you’d want your granny to go in with you for pro­tec­tion. Mostly a build­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →