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Orange Pillars from a Former Bridge

Standing between Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, you can still see the orange relics of the original 1864 railway bridge.  No matter that there is no bridge above, these pillars […]

Mandarin Orange Monday

Old York in Orange

I have featured this flash of orange outside York Minster before, but in honour of Mandarin Orange Monday’s 101th anniversary, I am repeating it with some post-processing. The orangeness is […]

-London

All aboard for a Snog!

Remember the Love Festival I mentioned last week? Well this pink snog bus is all part of the same fun. Snog in this case, for those who haven’t experienced it […]

-London

Reflective Constructions

There’s a lot of building work going on at Waterloo Station, as they bring the old international platforms back into use.  The Eurostar used to depart from here before it […]

-Manchester

Is that a Dragon I see above me?

Hanging high above the Northern Quarter, on the corner of Tib Street and Church Street, shines the Tib Street Horn.  This enigmatic, silver sculpture, half dragon and half saxophone, coils around the remains of an […]

-Manchester

It’s Raining Hearts

In her latest (as of June 2014) Tib Street mural, Lispencie brings us a summer shower of colourful hearts. More of her work can be seen here: Fleeing gender violence Pink […]

-London

Early Morning on the Thames

…well, fairly early! It is wonderful to see the sun in London, but the tube becomes unbearable in the heat.  The buses aren’t much better, though you can at least […]