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No lion, no witch but here’s Wardrobe Place

Wardrobe Place just off Carter Lane, a lovely courtyard dating back to the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire.

Calverts Buildings on Borough High Street

Calvert Buildings – a little bit of Meideval London just off Borough High Street

London juxtapositions…

I’ve been re-reading Mark Lewisohn’s majestic biography of the Beatles (or at least the first volume thereof; we fans are still waiting for him to release the second…

A summer’s day at St John’s Gate

My visit to St John’s Gate, the last remaining part of the old Clerkenwell Priory.

Shard and the Tower

I took this from Tower Hill. The Shard appears to be ascending out of the Tower of London like a reluctant snake charmed from its basket.

Somerset House in the winter sunshine

These photos were taken on a Sunday morning before the tourists were up and about. I dont think I’ve seen Somerset House so empty – I’m usually there…

A crisp December morning “up the Monument”

I went on a photo expedition to the City of London shortly before Christmas 2015. It was a pleasure watching other people working whilst I wasn’t. We started…

Big Ben still has it

I took this from the back of a taxi after crossing Westminster Bridge The old tower looked sparkly and new despite its age.

Tower Bridge hiding in plain sight

I saw picture line up as I walked to a business meeting in More London. Perfect timing.  

Patrick Keiller’s London. Then & Now.

Patrick Keiller made his strange, uncategorisable  film, London, in 1992. It’s not a documentary although it uses documentary style footage and it’s certainly not traditional fiction. Perhaps Peter Ackroyd’s…