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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Photos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
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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London’s Green Park in magnificent autumnal hues, Nov 2020
I took another stroll around central London’s Green Park recently and captured some wonderful autumn colours. I hope you like them too! 0
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In photos: Tavistock Square – a public park in the heart of Bloomsbury, London
Designed as a companion park to the nearby Gordon Square, Tavistock Square is a compact green space in Bloomsbury, central London. 0
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