A walk through the Barbican, London
I love walking along the elevated walkways around the Barbican on a weekend when there’s barely a soul around.
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Photos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
A trip to the Museum of London
One of the world’s biggest urban history museums, the Museum of London has over two million objects in its collection and holds the largest archaeological archive in Europe.
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London 80GB photo panorama: the biggest in the world
As a panorama dilettante myself, I can’t get enough of zoom-tastic cityscape vistas, although I’d have to start snapping in an amphetamine frenzy to get anywhere near matching Jeffrey Martin’s …
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The London Shard at London Bridge, London SE1 continues to soar
Now reaching the start of the viewing gallery and open air observation deck at floors 64-72 is the Shard tower at London Bridge, which can already claim to be the …
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Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern. Meh
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed many of the exhibitions in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern – particularly the fantastic Weather Project in 2003 – but Ai Weiwei’s work, called …
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Wandsworth Town station in the early evening rain
With its street level buildings suffering a fairly ghastly rebuilding in the not so distant past, Wandsworth Town railway station is a bit of a Spartan affair. Although the island platform has some attractive original buildings and retains …
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Battersea Power Station redevelopment plans get the green light
The long, long running saga of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment has taken many turns. Over the years, all manner of ambitious plans have been presented in super-glossy leaflets backed by king-size …
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New London Routemaster unveiled as a full size model
I loved the old Routemaster buses, with their hop-on hop-off platforms making them ideal for getting around London, so Mayor Boris Johnson’s pledge to reinstate them was one of the few …
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Massive student demo against the cuts; Millbank occupied
Whatever you think of the protest, it’s great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again, with an unexpectedly huge crowd – estimated at over 50,000 – protesting …
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Elvis on Goodge Street, 2002
I’ve no idea what inspired someone to get out a pot of a paint and a brush and carefully write out the words Elvis on the pavement, but this is …
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London’s meanest slice of cake? (Tate Modern)
I’ve had some parsimonious pastries, stingy sticky buns, frugal fruitcakes and economical Eccles cakes, but I don’t think anything has ever come close to this miserly, paltry slither of carrot cake …
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A visit to Westminster Hall, Parliament
The oldest building on the Parliamentary estate, Westminster Hall, is getting on a thousand years old. I was lucky enough to be invited along to a meeting in Parliament, so grabbed …
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Heron Tower skyscraper, 110 Bishopsgate, London
Set to open in February 2011 is the Heron Tower skyscraper, located at 110 Bishopsgate in the City of London, near Liverpool Street station.
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Old Tea Rooms, Museum Street, London WC2 [updated]
It may be long closed, but the frontage of these old Tea Rooms in central London is still (just about) hanging on to life. Situated close to the British Museum …
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Stop the Cuts rally and Fireman’s strike, London – photos
A few days after the government announced massive spending cuts, a rally was held at Congress House, central London to mobilise opposition . The Tory chancellor, George Osborne, wants to see cuts of £81 billion, …
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‘Lice Sex Shop,’ bookshops, old hospitals and autumnal London street scenes
Amusingly damaged neon sign in the window of a Licensed Sex Shop, Charing Cross Road, W1.
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Alexandra Palace, London – a winter walk
A short series of photographs taken during a chilly walk to Alexandra Palace, north London, in February 2005.
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A very, very thin house, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9
I wouldn’t go as far as saying that it’s the thinnest building in London, but it has to be up there with the slenderest. The photo above is from Google …
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Actionettes 10th Birthday at the 100 Club London
Saturday saw the 10th anniversary party of the all-girl, go-go dancing troupe, The Actionettes at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London. It was a great party!
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Walking the London Loop – Hatton Cross to Kingston
This was one for the ‘ardcore walkers, with the rain belting down at the start, deeply flooded footpaths to traverse and a fairly ambitious 12 miles to cover in fading …
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The changing London skyscraper skyline: Brixton views
We’ve got a pretty good view across London from our Brixton penthouse (cough) suite, and I’m loving watching the skyline change around the city. Above you can see the Strata …
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We strut the inaugural Green Chain walk from Nunhead to Crystal Palace Park
On Sunday we went along for the inaugural walk along Section 11 of the London Green Chain walk, starting at Nunhead cemetery through to Crystal Palace park.
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The London Shard reaches for the sky [photos]
Continuing on from my photo feature from mid September, here’s some more photos showing the continuing rise of the Shard tower, close to London Bridge.
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London in the rain from a double decker bus
I don’t actually run around the streets of London swinging an umbrella and singing in the rain, but I do rather like inclement weather. Most of my favourite songs go …
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We salute the London TFL/Barclays cycle hire scheme
Keen to catch up with the Pope protest on Saturday, I had my first go on the Barclays/TFL bike hire scheme, hopping on a free bike and dashing across town …
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Shoddy goings on at the Photographer’s Gallery, London?
The Photographers’ Gallery in London has long been one of our favourite haunts in central London but closed last weekend for a lengthy, year-long refurbishment which will see major changes …
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Protest the Pope march, central London – photo report
Here’s a few pics from the protest today as it snaked its way up Piccadilly.
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Barclays Cycle Hire bikes get subverted with anti-Barclays message
TfL have released a press release saying how chuffed they are to have some of their Cycle Hire bikes featuring designs by Jean-Pierre Braganza, as part of London Fashion Week.
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Mayday 2001 protests, London: archive photos
They don’t make protests like this any more – least, not in Britain. Mayday 2001 was one of the last big anti-capitalist demos in the UK, with the press stirring …
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The Shard rises! Iconic London skyscraper underway
Originally called the ‘London Bridge Tower’, and then the ‘Shard London Bridge’ and ‘Shard of Glass’ before most people settled on describing it as ‘The Shard,’ this elegant skyscraper is …
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