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Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses: a look around the London Transport Museum
Posted on Thursday, Oct 19, 2017 | 1 CommentTransport 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. -
Poster Girls – a century of wonderful art and design by female artists at the London Transport Museum
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017 | No CommentsOpening 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. -
In photos: the amazing floating piazza at Covent Garden, as created by Alex Chinneck
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014 | No CommentsCurrently turning heads in Covent Garden is this remarkable structure by the artist and designer Alex Chinneck. -
Coffee and ruddy good cakes at Damson, St Giles High Street, central London
Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | 1 CommentPutting 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. -
Covent Garden, the white cuddly bear and the wooden people
Posted on Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 | 2 CommentsHere’s a few photos from taken around a bustling Covent Garden in central London over the weekend. -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafalgar-square-scenes-01-115x115.jpg "The plinth, the artist and contortionist, Trafalgar Square, May 2011")
The plinth, the artist and contortionist, Trafalgar Square, May 2011
Posted on Monday, May 9, 2011 | No CommentsIf 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 […] -
Stage doors, sweets and the old Marquee club, London
Posted on Monday, Feb 7, 2011 | No CommentsSome 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. -
Half naked, unicycling knife-juggling street performer, Covent Garden
Posted on Monday, Jan 17, 2011 | 7 CommentsThe 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. -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hats-covent-garden-115x115.jpg "Pic of the day: Hats, Covent Garden")
Pic of the day: Hats, Covent Garden
Posted on Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe 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 […] -
![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’ […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/covent-garden-performers-05-115x115.jpg "Covent Garden photos: market views and curious street artists")
Covent Garden photos: market views and curious street artists
Posted on Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsCovent 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’ […] -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/covent-garden-02-115x115.jpg "Covent Garden old market photos")
Covent Garden old market photos
Posted on Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 | No CommentsWe 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 […]