It has just been pointed out to me that it's the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend. Every year this last bank holiday weekend of the S...

This post is sparked off by an ad on TV that really niggles me; it's for a hand cleaner that comes in a soap dispenser that has a senso...

Having this blog means I get invited to things such as openings, events, seminars, etc. Most invites have nothing to do with anything on my ...

As ever, they made a wonderful noise . And what a lovely venue . All the letters below can be found in Camden .

Ooh, I love puzzles. So too, do I like mazes; Black Gang Chine, Longleat, Hampton Court – been there, done them. But I don't think I am ...

100 table tennis tables have appeared at prime locations around London. More about that below, but it got me thinking that the names 'pi...

My scavenger hunts along the Thames beaches led me recently to the Isle of Dogs. When I first got there I was thinking that I should write ...

I recently noticed that this lovely Marshalls Segars sign in Finsbury Park has been filled in and painted white. Such a shame. Why, why why,...

It seems like every time I put the TV on lately there is that trailer for BBC's Dragons' Den , which starts again tonight. I have q...

Taking place in Bedford Square this Saturday is the 6th Chap Olympiad . So curl your hair or wax your moustache, dress up in something dappe...

Gorgeous weather for a street party. Well done to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen. Sorry I got there so late, but hey, I too...

I was just about to put together this collection of interesting, ornate, old and decaying hairdressers' shops signs when someone emailed...

There's a tennis tournament on in south London. I have actually been watching some of it. As I write this Andy Murray is taking on Rafae...

Anna made this. It was on show at her degree show and now it's in my garden. Result! I need to help her set up a blog/site to show off ...

My talented sister has just finished her 3 year degree course in stone and wood carving at C&G Art School . I went along yesterday for t...

My life is already, through no choice of my won, dictated by football; living 5 mins from Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, yet not caring a j...

Disturbing news today that twin 9 month old girls are being treated in The London Hospital after being mauled by an urban fox. Really?! I k...

I was a bit late finding Luther . I watched the first two episodes back-to-back on iPlayer and was hooked. Idris Elba, in the title role, is...

I am a friend of the Museum of London and last night I went to the private view of the new Galleries of Modern London in advance of the off...

On Sunday May 16th I went to the No Souls For Sale event thingy at Tate Modern. They'd sectioned the floor of the Turbine Hall off int...

Last week I went a private view at The Victoria Miro Gallery in Wharf Road, N1. This gallery is always worth popping in to as I think over ...

Last night I went to a Meetup. (Thinks: that would be a good pun title for a collection of butcher shop related images...!). For those of yo...

The wonderful David Attenborough , naturalist and presenter of many fascinating TV programmes including the Life series , turned 84 on Satur...

That's a ref to a sketch from the Fast Show that I was reminded of when I saw the wonderful old photo of suffragettes on the cover of a ...

The Tate Modern is now 10 years old. According to this great article in The Times recently, it’s the most popular art venue in the world an...