Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Bansky street cleaner - Chalk Farm

Have you spotted any good Banksy art in London recently?

Thursday, July 29, 2010

London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive

The London Bike Hire Bicycles are arriving and being put into place on the streets of London.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

British Natural History Museum

British Natural History Museum

Monday, May 24, 2010

Nelson's ship in a bottle

Nelson's ship in a bottle by Yinka Shonibare on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London

Sunday, April 18, 2010

London Skies without Jet Trails

Unusual skies are visible over London with no jet airplane trails due to the grounding of all aircraft for safety reasons following the volcanic ash cloud from Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland



There should also be some spectatcular sunsets, once there's a bit of cloud to reflect the colours.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Snow, Mill Hill, London, January 2010

Snow scene at Mill Hill, London, January 2010

Of course there are loads of snow pictures from all over the country but why not include a few from London.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

London


London
Originally uploaded by <_amr_>
I think this is Shad Thames around the back of London Bridge on the south bank.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Billy Elliot Taxi


Billy Elliot Taxi
Originally uploaded by iamrupert
Billy Elliot London Taxi

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Theatre Breaks Oliver


Theatre Breaks Oliver
Originally uploaded by Andyrob
London Theatre Breaks to see Oliver

"Got to pick a pocket or two"

Griff Rys Jones is Fagin in Oliver from December 14th 2009

Friday, September 04, 2009

London Thames River Cruise


London Thames River Cruise
Originally uploaded by Andyrob
London River Thames River Cruise

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Titan Arum Flower at Kew Gardens

This is the Titan Arum Flower at Kew Gardens on Thursday 16th July, 2009.

It grows as fast as 10cm per day. In 2 weeks it wall be over, then it will start growing a single leaf again.

Monday, June 22, 2009

West End Live 2009

West End Live 2009

Some pictures from West End Live this year






See videos at theatrebreaks youtube

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Bar Head Goose at Wansted Flats

Bar Head Goose at Wansted Flats

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tamil Protests


Tamil Protests
Originally uploaded by Nick Peligno
Tamil Protests in London on Saturday. Many of the shops and restaurants in East Ham were closed for the day so people could attend the protests against the genocide of Tamil people in Sri Lanka.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Priscilla Queen of the desert



Priscilla Queen of the desert theatre breaks in London

Jason Donovan stars as Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical rolls into London's Palace Theatre.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert Comes to London
Based on the Oscar-winning film, Priscilla Queen of the Desert is the story of Tick, Bernadette and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who take their show to the middle of the Australian outback.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert is the heart-warming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship, and end up finding even more than that.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Bench Removed For Maintenance

Bench Removed For Maintenance but why is it necessary to tell everybody about it with such a prominent sign?

And when will the maintained bench be put back? The sign has been there for months now.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Draining of St James Park Lakes


Draining of St James 11
Originally uploaded by Pete Ashton
St James' Park is being drained to clear out 20 years of silt and here are some of the found objects exposed on the dry pond bed. Where are the pelicans?

Friday, February 20, 2009

#uksnow London Wanstead Flats

Some kids were hanging round this enormous ice armchair built on Wanstead Flats in East London.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Foggy Night at the station


Foggy Night at the station
Originally uploaded by Andyrob
A thick fog came down one afternoon, and when I went out in the early evening it was still hanging about. The foggy atmosphere made the light interesting so I took this picture on the station.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Louise Bourgeois - Tate Modern

This was for the Louise Bourgeoise retrospective exhibition in London'd Tate Modern during October 2007-January 2008

Since then, Louise Bourgeoise's original Maman giant spider sculpture has been bought for the Tate Modern gallery's permanent exhibition and is currently featured in the turbine hall.