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London Pubs by Alan Reeve-Jones

I came across this book in a second hand bookshop. Alan Reeve-Jones visits and reviews the best London pubs of his day. Its very much of its time….

London’s pub heritage: The Grapes at Limehouse

It sits on Narrow Street as part of a row of old houses and warehouses that now look shabby chic among the modern houses that surround them. The…

Wapping

Looking black and white moody. This is taken from Shadwell Pierhead and if you cross the bridge ahead you can see the Thames sloping by on your left…

Borough Market at setting up time

I popped into Borough Market at around 8am last Saturday. Most of the setting up at had been completed by the stall-holders but very few customers had yet…

Bermondsey walkways in the sky

Connecting the homes that once were warehouses in river front Bermondsey are these walkways. There was garden furniture on some of them; chairs, tables, lamps and so on….

London’s pub heritage: The Prospect of Whitby

The Prospect of Whitby is in Wapping. If you want to find it, start at Tower Bridge, head east along the north side of the Thames and keep…

Serpentine Pavilion 2016

IThe 2016 Serpentine Pavilion is looking none too shabby this year.

Gotham City in London

I sat and had al fresco lunch in Victoria Embankment Gardens with my daughter and looked up at the back of buildings that face on to the Strand…

Tower Bridge from the East

I’ve lathered this picture in filters to make it feel like an illustration from a ladybird book. Looks retro-futuristic, I think.

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…