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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 […]

British Phone Box Mural

This fun mural is in the Northern Quarter in Manchester.  D7606 loves phone boxes and post boxes.  For more of their art, take a look at their website. Related articles: […]

W is for… World Camel Day

Today, 22 June, is World Camel Day. This even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as “humps” on its back. The two surviving species of camel are the dromedary, […]