Tag Archives: london
Great photographs of London
I found these pictures on Flickr. They were taken by Katarina 2353 (real name Katarina Stefanović) and are stunning. I’ve tried to get in touch with her to send her a note of appreciation, but have had no luck. No doubt Katarina has used photshop, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography
Tagged aubergine, flickr, katarina 2353, london, post office, tower bridge, tower of london
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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 towering London: The Biography sits closest to it with an impressionistic mix of … Continue reading
Bill Jacklin – London cityscapes
This is Before The Hurricane, Regent Street by Bill Jacklin, painted in 1988. I like the movement in this picture, the sweep of Regent Street and the lines of vehicles and pedestrians trailing along it with the rain cutting across all. The play … Continue reading
I left the North, I travelled South…and I can’t help the way that I feel.
Morrissey was the lead singer with The Smiths. They were a tremendously Northern, as in North of England, band their faces set stern against the soft South and suspicious of London in particular. And like many a self-consciously Northern band before and … Continue reading
Disney re-draws London
I’ve just come across this superb analysis of Disney’s original animated version of 101 Dalmations. Its written by Oswald Iten in his Colourful Animation Expressions blog. Oswald explores the way in which London is used symbolically in the film. It’s worth … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Entertainment, London on Film
Tagged 101 Dalmations, bill peet, colourful animation expressions, Disney, london, oswald iten, paris
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Under the weather: fog’s particular contribution to London art (and soup) in the late nineteenth century.
London exploded in size in the nineteenth century. In 1801 it had just over 1 million inhabitants. By 1901 the population had reached 6.5 million with the rate of growth accelerating as the century ran its course (a full 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Historical London
Tagged arthur conan doyle, battersea, battersea bridge, bleak house, charing cross bridge, charles dickens, claude monet, clean air act 1956, coal, delia smith, dr jekyll, fog, housesof parliament, industry, jack the ripper, james mcneill whistler, london, london particular, mr hyde, new yok times, nineteenth century, nocturnes, peasouper, population, robert louis stevenson, sherlock holmes, soup, tate britain
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Great London images by James Hobbs
James Hobbs is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in London. You can find out more about him on his website, here. I like his pictures. They are, as you can see, very nice to look at. The images … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged canary wharf, gherkin, James Hobbs, london, london eye, obama, paddington, post office tower, spitalfields, waterloo
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What does London look like on the first day back after the Christmas holidays?
Twitter gives you a great perspective. Here are some examples of how some London people that I follow are feeling about the world this morning…. Still cant get to sleep—-> 2.42am India Knight : “This is a disaster. It’s end-of-Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Online London, Working London
Tagged bbc travel alert, big ben, britjamez, darrel butcher, dave hill, iain dale, india knight, kristain london, london, lucy inglis, polstar, simon collister, tom reynolds, twitter
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