Posts Tagged ‘london’

Paid a visit to Kensal Green Cemetery one quiet sunny day a few weeks ago…

Last week I was supposed to go and take some more photos for my piece in ink+PAPER (which I now realise I have neglected to mention on here, oops). As usual I accidentally got on the wrong bus, which is actually OK because I like exploring London by bus. Anyway, I realised that the bus [...]

Friday night at The Miller. [photos post]

Last week I went to take photos of the Excalibur Estate in Catford, the estate of prefab houses that was built by Italian and German POWs during WW2, which has recently been in the news because of controversial decisions to tear it down. The estate's been on my list of things to visit for a [...]

This year on Open House Sunday I decided to stay a bit more local, and low-key….

I'm finally getting around to blogging about this year's London Open House which took place a couple of weekends ago…

A couple of weeks ago I visited L. Rodi (aka Cafe Rodi) in Blackhorse Lane, a place I'd wanted to visit for ages. It's a great place, full of character, and full of characters. While we were queuing up the entire cafe was being regaled by a jolly woman about her very busy life, and [...]

Last weeek I was supposed to go to Brighton for the day. I'd planned to attend a sewer tour with the Brighton Flickr group, and hoped to see the Charley Harper exhibition and had booked an advance train ticket to save money (less than a tenner instead of over twenty quid). Unfortunately, due to the [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Mayfield Lavender Farm in Banstead. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this part of England was the centre of the world's lavender production, before urbanisation and cheap French imports did for it, so it's nice to have some back again in the same area. The farm has [...]

A few days ago, I went to tThe Complete History of Food, presented by Bompas & Parr. Despite the fact that the title was a bit of a misnomer (there was nothing "complete" about their history, and, given that it was sponsored by a cognac company, it didn't really feel much like a history of food), it was an entertaining and unusual night out with two of my best pals, Nikki and Billy.