Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bedecked in Yellow
The sculpture of the eighteenth century painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds, that guards the front of the Royal Academy in London is wearing a yellow garland, for summer I suppose. Related […]
BT Tower Reflected
I’m always surprised at how visible the BT tower is from almost everywhere in central London. Walking along the Euston Road, there it was again! This time reflected in the […]
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
How have I managed to live so close to London for so long and yet never go to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy until this year? It is […]
St Pancras Old Church
Hiding quietly behind St Pancras International Station in London, is St Pancras Old Church. Built on a site of Christian worship dating back probably as far as the 4th century, […]
Rows of Red
Incredible begonias in the English Garden in Regents Park, London. . Posted as part of Ruby Tuesday.
Woman Driver
This beautiful mural, made of ceramic tiles painted by Brian James in 2011, marks the former site of a Bloomsbury petrol station. The old Ridgmount petrol station dates back to […]
St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral looks particularly striking in this pencil sketch. The sketch is in fact a modified version of this photograph, altered using Picasa. Here is my original: This post […]
Yellow Flowers in Regents Park
The gardens at Regents Park are spectacular at the moment; as you’ll see with these yellow flowers: Posted as part of the Sunday Stills Next Challenge: Yellow Flowers.
Urban Design in London
Urban design is the process of designing and shaping cities, towns and villages. It is an inter-disciplinary subject that unites all the built environment professions, including urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture, and civil and municipal engineering. In […]
Royal Naval College Mirrored
The Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich, was not given its name for nothing. The ceiling is painted in the utmost detail, hard to appreciate with […]
Travel with Intent 