May Day Bank Holiday Weekend again brings us this colourful event around the canals at Little Venice behind Paddington Station. I will...

I was ambling back from my sorting office yesterday pondering why there is so much bird shit splattered around lately. As I was crossing Ca...

The Police Museum is packed full of fascinating stuff. Yes, stuff. Interesting things. Gruesome things. Unusual things. And clever things. ...

This is one of those 'how did I never see this before now?" moments... Hatton Garden has for many centuries been London's ...

This rather lovely ghostsign advertisement for Trendell's can be found on the side of a red brick building on the corner of Thurlow Gard...

You may recall that last December I wrote about Kit's amazing foam sculptures in Hornsey Road . Some of them got broken and some got st...

I used to visit Ilford in the 1980s mainly for the shops, as a change from the ones in Romford. At that time traffic was already being diver...

Crossing Dickenson Road on Crouch Hill last week I noticed two dead frogs/toads about a metre apart in the road. I took some photos (like yo...

Last week I was chatting to Jason at the Oxfam Books & Music shop at Crouch End as I assessed my card stock there. As I added some more...

I have written before about The Artizans and Labourers General Dwellings Company and their establishments at Harrow Road and Noel Park . T...

In a narrow alley on the side of Paddy Power, Ealing Road, Wembley Central Central station there is a lovely multi-layered painted sign, see...

After visiting the National Gallery (see my last post) I walked up Whitcomb Street to the library on Orange street where I was verbally abus...

I went to the press viewing of this gorgeous painting last Tuesday. Go see it – it's lovely. I took some pics – they turned out to be...

The Dulwich Picture Gallery is always worth a detour. Not only does it have a diverse and perfectly sized permanent display, but the curato...

In a back street within the Peabody Estate to the side of Whitecross Street market there is a mosaic on a wall. In a circle it says I (heart...

There was a two-day event in and around St Pancras Lock this past weekend and it included free access to The Canal Museum and free rides on...

Back in March 2014 I wrote about Lower Marsh and its demise as a once thriving market street. And then followed it up with a piece about th...

This side is mine mine MINE! To trump: to expel noxious hot air from an orifice

There are still three evenings left to see this (including today). Some of my pics from last night.  Some of the light installations ...

Whilst wandering around Camden a few weeks back I stopped to read an informative hoarding along the site that is being developed immediately...

On a recent walking tour of the Southbank led by the very informative Peter Bertoud he showed us the doorway to  Southbank Mosaics in the c...

Later this week Islington's old Agricultural Hall will again be the location for the  London Art Fair , crammed full of all sorts of ins...

Last year I wrote about the Daily Express sign at Willesden  and within that I alluded to signs for the Daily News.... Well, I believe I hav...

The area has changed so much and so quickly. I recall going to a venue on Charterhouse Street for a friend's birthday party one Saturday...

Three houses in Elwood Street, near Arsenal's old Highbury ground, have some intriguing embellishments on them. They have shields ...