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Old Time Telephony

This is a fine old telephone box dating back to the 1920s, I believe.  The first official street box was the K1 kiosk, that appeared in 1921.  The design wasn’t […]

Night Sky over Horatio

Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is commemorated by Nelson’s Column that towers over London’s Trafalgar Square.  It was constructed between 1840 and 1843 at […]

Scottish Design in Kent

The Sun Foundry was established in 1858 by George Smith in Glasgow.  It was an important company in the iron industry of the day, expanding quickly and moving to a larger site […]

Isaac Newton: Bigger than Life

This is an imposing depiction of Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726), an English physicist and mathematician whose achievements are many and varied.  He shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of […]

A Balanced Alien

I have featured this massive upside-down alien previously.  He landed on his head in a London garden in early 2013, and was a feature that I would make a detour […]