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Store Street Espresso

I’ve been very busy the last few weeks and hadn’t had time to find a new coffee place.  In fact, I had visited this place a month or so ago […]

No Words Required

Regents Park in the sunshine:. Yes, we had a sunny day in London on Sunday – at long last! Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post […]

Boats and Cowes

A few years ago I was lucky enough to be invited to Cowes Week: not to compete you understand, just to sail alongside and drink champagne! Cowes Week is one of […]

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge looks extra grandiose in black and white. . Part of Sonel’s Black and White Challenge: Bridges.

Happy 40th Birthday, British Library

The British Library celebrated its 40th birthday today. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom.  It is a legal deposit library, and as such it receives copies of every book produced in Britain, […]

Allies

Look at this companionable couple: “Allies”. F.D. Roosevelt and Churchill sit chatting on a bench in Bond Street, London in Lawrence Holofcener’s 1995 bronze sculpture, erected to mark 50 years […]

Flowers on Park Lane

These flowers attracted me from behind the iron fence of a small garden on Park Lane in London. . Part of Friday Flower Festival.  

Art Everywhere

We are in for a fantastic summer of art in Britain this year. The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is on already, and runs until 18 August. In London alone, you […]