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21 October 2025

A very unusual gate post in Notting Hill and other lovely things in Holland Park Avenue

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At the southern end of Clarendon Road, a few minutes' walk from Holland Park station, I happened upon a strange gate post outside number...
10 October 2025

The Hat & Feathers, Clerkenwell – another ghostsign deciphered

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The Hat and Feathers, public house and restaurant, No2 Clerkenwell Road, at the junction with Goswell Road, has finally reopened  after sitt...
8 October 2025

Bowling balls in Clerkenwell – a ghostsign with links to Putney and the West Indies

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Earlier this year in May, walking eastward along Albermarle Way during Clerkenwell Design Week , I noticed that a the paint that covers 122 ...
1 October 2025

If the Search facility is not visible at top right...

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...simply scroll to the bottom of your screen and click on 'View Web Version'
21 August 2025

More things that don't add up – John Marshall and Emily Davison in Newcomen Street

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The Kings Arms in Newcomen Street, one of many excellent pubs in the little side streets off Borough High Street, sports a colourful depicti...
20 August 2025

Alperton station – no escalator, but a rather fine shopping arcade

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A couple of months ago I went to investigate Alperton station, a Piccadilly Line stop along the Uxbridge branch. The outer reaches of this l...
19 August 2025

It was great to be part of the RA Summer Show 2025

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This year's Summer Show at the Royal Academy closed its doors for the final time on the afternoon of Sunday 17th August.  I was very chu...