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Canary Wharf Reflections

If you want to see some of modern London, you can do worse than take a trip out to Canary Wharf. It is packed with high rise buildings in an […]

-Edinburgh

Sunshine in Edinburgh

The sun shone in Edinburgh one day this week and everyone rushed outside to make the most of it, taking a pew anywhere they could. Linked to Good Fences.

-London

New Windows on the Block

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 37 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

-London

Space Invaders and Rubik Cubes

Invader is  a well-known French urban artist, born in 1969, who works largely with square mosaic tiles, producing street art based on Space Invaders and other 1970s arcade games. He also produces works […]

-Manchester

Selfie Capital of Europe

Everywhere I travel these days, I see people taking selfies.  It is such a popular phenomenon that it is now in most dictionaries, and was even voted the word of […]

-Edinburgh

Smooth or Frothy

The Water of Leith comes smooth or frothy However you like it, this is a great urban waterway in one of the world’s greatest cities. Linked to Word a Week: […]

-London

Happy St George’s Day

This was going to be my Wordless Wednesday but then I decided I wanted to say some words! St George is the patron saint of England, so really I should have featured […]

-London

Around Trafalgar Square

When Trafalgar Square was designed in the 1840s, two fountains were included, apparently to reduce the amount of open space available for riotous assembly! The original fountains were replaced in the late 1930s at a […]

-London

On the Buses

There is no better way to travel around London (other than walking) than by the iconic red double decker bus. It may take a bit more research than travelling by […]