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STREET PERFORMERS IN LONDON’S COVENT GARDEN

By on February 28, 2013 in Covent Garden, Dan Woolley, Garrick Club, London, Samuel Pepys

Covent Garden lies in the heart of London theatreland, and continues to be a supreme shopaholic heaven and foody delight, as a recent visit proved. The place hasn’t changed much since its fruit and vegetable market days. My first time there was to visit a small English publisher, whose offices lay at the top of [...]

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A SHARD OF GLASS THROUGH THE HEART OF LONDON

By on February 9, 2013 in Covent Garden, English Heritage, London, Renzo Piano, river thames, South Bank, The Shard, Transamerica Pyramid, William Cobbett

London’s skyline is constantly changing, though perhaps evolving is a better word, as the basics stay much the same. For example, the River Thames – cleaner now than for centuries past – still winds through the middle, for a country-dweller like me providing a breather from the claustrophobic sprawl of the ‘Great Wen’ (pustule), as [...]

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A few sketches!

By on March 25, 2009 in art, cotswolds, illustration, London, river thames, sketch, thames head, thames valley

Nothing like using a really soft pencil (4B) on a Spring day! The artistic merits are hardly at Turner Prize levels, though some may not think that’s a bad thing. Still, perhaps by the time this blog trucks through the Thames Valley and on to the North Sea, rusty skills will be honed!

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FINDING THE SOURCE OF LONDON’S ‘OLD FATHER THAMES’

By on March 23, 2009 in Cirencester, cotswolds, London, Old Father Thames, River Thame, Source of the Thames

According to the map (circled in the pic) the River Thames rises in a quiet field not far from Cirencester, a handsome old town around 100 miles west of London. The nearest road to the source is a busy one, but there are some places to park, and after a false start or two, camera [...]

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