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In photos: London Transport Museum opens Canteen, a new cafe/bar in the heart of Covent Garden
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In photos: London Transport Museum opens Canteen, a new cafe/bar in the heart of Covent Garden

Fri 29th November, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last night we went along to the launch of Canteen, a new cafe/bar inside the London Transport Museum, overlooking Covent Garden Piazza. 0

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Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses: a look around the London Transport Museum
London / news / photos / Places

Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses: a look around the London Transport Museum

Thu 19th October, 2017 - by editor - 1 Comment

Transport aficionados are going to love the London Transport Museum, a three floor attraction located in the Grade II-listed Flower Market building in Covent Garden Piazza. 0

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Poster Girls – a century of art and design by female artists at the London Transport Museum
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Poster Girls – a century of wonderful art and design by female artists at the London Transport Museum

Wed 11th October, 2017Wed 11th October, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Opening this Friday, 13th Oct, Poster Girls is a new major exhibition at the London Transport Museum, celebrating a century of art and design created by female poster artists. 0

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The amazing floating piazza at Covent Garden in photos, as created by Alex Chinneck
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In photos: the amazing floating piazza at Covent Garden, as created by Alex Chinneck

Wed 15th October, 2014Wed 15th October, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Currently turning heads in Covent Garden is this remarkable structure by the artist and designer Alex Chinneck. 0

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Coffee and cakes at Damson, St Giles High Street, central London
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Coffee and ruddy good cakes at Damson, St Giles High Street, central London

Wed 29th May, 2013Thu 6th June, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

Putting up a strong challenge to become my cafe of choice when I’m in the Tottenham Court Rd/Covent Garden/Bloomsbury area is the rather lovely Damson Cafe on St Giles High Street. …

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Covent Garden, the white cuddly bear and church steps
London / photos / Places

Covent Garden, the white cuddly bear and the wooden people

Wed 28th March, 2012Wed 28th March, 2012 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Here’s a few photos from taken around a bustling Covent Garden in central London over the weekend. 0

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The plinth, the artist and contortionist, Trafalgar Square, May 2011

Mon 9th May, 2011Mon 9th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

If you can’t get enough of street performers and bizarrely garbed people standing still for long periods of time, then the good news is that you no longer have to …

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Stage doors, sweets and the old Marquee club, London

Mon 7th February, 2011Mon 7th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some evening photos taken around Covent Garden on my Lumix LX5 camera . First up, here’s a sweet seller in a bowler hat at Seven Dials, London WC2. 0

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Half naked, unicycling knife-juggling street performer, Covent Garden

Mon 17th January, 2011Sat 29th September, 2012 - by editor - 7 Comments.

The tradition of street performers at Covent Garden dates back to the 1600s, but the area has changed dramatically after the famous covered fruit and vegetable market closed in 1974. 0

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Pic of the day: Hats, Covent Garden

Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

The Blue Nile named a wonderfully melancholic album after them, Frank Sinatra was never seen without one, Tommy Copper wore a particularly fine example, and after decades in the fashion wilderness, it seems …

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London / Places

Covent Garden photos: market views and curious street artists

Wed 8th September, 2010Tue 7th September, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Covent Garden is a ruddy weird place to be on on a busy Saturday afternoon. To get to the market, you have to pass rows of bizarrely painted ‘human statues’ …

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Covent Garden old market photos

Sun 15th June, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We popped in to see this exhibition by photographer Clive Boursnell documenting the last days of the old central London fruit, vegetable and flower markets at Covent Garden. It’s only …

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