Help save the fabulous Pollock’s Toy Museum in central London
Claiming to be the oldest Toy Museum in the UK, Pollock’s Toy Museum is housed in two buildings dating from 1750 and 1850, and it’s stuffed full of childhood nostalgia. …
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Vauxhall at night – skyscrapers, buses, construction work and a Thames nocturne, Jan 2021
Vauxhall is rapidly turning into a mini-Manhattan for the wealthy, with huge new tower blocks and luxury apartments punching the skyline. Here’s some photos taken from both sides of the …
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In photos: Battersea Power Station redevelopment – luxury flats, trendy shops and security guards
Once a vital London power station fuelled by Welsh coal, Battersea Power Station is now undergoing the full luxury redevelopment treatment, offering unaffordable apartments and “world-class bars and restaurants, interspersed …
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Christmas lights, festive installations and street market at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, December 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an incredibly quiet Christmas, with attractions closed and businesses trying to make the best of a really grim festive season. We took a walk …
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The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, London
Despite a growing cynicism and the sure-fire fact that Christmas 2020 is going to be irredeemably crap for me, I have to admit I liked this little display in Whitfield …
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In photos: The giant upside down globe in Holborn, London
Located within the campus of the London School of Economics in Sheffield Street, the World Turned Upside Down is a thought-provoking sculpture by the Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger. 0
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Stepping into the past: the historic Regency shopfronts of Woburn Walk in Bloomsbury, London
On my wanders through Bloomsbury in central London, I was delighted to stumble across the beautifully preserved Woburn Walk, which oozed Ye Olde atmosphere in the late afternoon, autumn drizzle. …
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