Spilt Milk in Bethnal Green

There is no point crying over spilt milk but perhaps you should drive more carefully next time:

Bethnal Green Road, East London

Feeling Lazy

Feeling lazy, Merry Christmas!

Christmas scenes, Trafalgar Square, Southbank and Soho, London

The nativity scene in Trafalgar Square

The white lights of the christmas tree and the red lights of the olympic countdown are reflected in the glass.

Short video of the square at night (37 secs)

Some people are just thinking of the food:

but some prefer simpler celebrations:

For pictures of 2011 Christmas lights in London, see this set in Flickr.

Keeping a Straight Face, Soho, London

Keeping a straight face even though things are going wrong.
A shop window off Carnaby Street.

Waiting for Christmas

Waiting for Christmas, a shop window at Liberty, Great Marlborough Street, London

The Old Vic theatre, before the show begins

The Old Vic theatre near Waterloo Station, London, in early evening before a performance of Noises Off by Michael Frayn

Mouse Soap Dispensers, Carnaby Street, London

Mouse soap dispensers, what would the cat think? - Christmas shopping in Carnaby Street

Hackney Picturehouse, Mare Street, East London

The Hackney Picturehouse, a new cinema on Mare Street opposite the Town Hall in Hackney. It used to be a Methodist Hall and a library. It was then converted into Ocean, a music venue, but that was unsuccessful and soon closed. It opened in October 2011 as a 4-screen cinema.

This corner used to be the entrance to the library.

Tall Woman trapped in One New Change shopping centre?

Next window display in One New Change shopping centre opposite St Pauls Cathedral. The woman seems to be staring across at the Cathedral.

Look Chocolates !!! Covent Garden shop window display

The window display of a shop attracts the attention of a passer-by in Covent Garden .

Chinese Lantern and Les Miserables in Soho

A Chinese Lantern in Whitcomb Street marks the start of Chinatown with Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, in Soho, London.

Autumn on the Nower, Dorking, Surrey

Autumn sunshine on the Nower in Dorking, Surrey.

It is a pity that the summer was not like this.          

For the view in winter 2010, see the last picture in January snow in Dorking

Shell Centre walkway, Southbank, London

This walkway from Waterloo Station through the Shell Centre to the Southbank has been closed for several years.

Next to the walkway is a sculpture "Torsion Fountain" (also known as The Shell Fountain) by Franta Belsky.

In July 2011 Shell announced that a joint venture of Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar had bought a 999 year lease on the Shell Centre for £300m and would redevelop the site, subject to planning permission. The tower is to be retained but the rest of the site would be replaced by a new scheme of offices, shops and restaurants.

Caption puzzles - Mango window display, Oxford Street, 2011

The Mango window display in Oxford Street, London. Any ideas for captions?

Doesn't her bum look big ?

Why does she always get to sit down?

Thats the last time I have plastic surgery!

Look what they have done to my legs.

For photos of 2010 Mango window display, see this posting

Sunbathing and Barbecues in October, London Fields

Like last October (see this October 2010 entry), we have had sunny, warm weather in early October. Sadly it never lasts as winter soon follows.

300 days to go until the 2012 Olympics in London

The counter in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square this evening shows 3oo days to go until the 2012 Olympics in London.

The Mayor's Thames Festival 2011, London, 10-11 Sept. 2011

 Southwark Bridge on Saturday evening, 10 Sept 2011

 The road was closed to traffic for the weekend and tables were placed along the bridge

Lots of food was available to buy at stalls

New tactics for dealing with troublemakers? 

"Appearing Rooms" by Jeppe Hein outside the Royal Festival Hall

Mosaics in Waterloo

A mosaic in the ground in an entrance to a churchyard.

A mosaic of Dave Squires (1949-2009), a street sweeper, in a wall near Waterloo Station.

Window display - Telephones for sale

It is odd what you see at night. These are telephones in the shapes of skulls on display in the window of a shop in Soho, London. The front of the head detaches to form the receiver.

Postcards of London

 

Images of London in a shop window (is this really what London is like?)

Horse at Water by Nic Fiddian-Green, Marble Arch, London

"Horse at Water", a 27-foot high, 17 tonne bronze statue based on the Indian Marwari horse, by Nic Fiddian-Green. It was erected as part of the redevelopment of Marble Arch in 2009.

A Blooming Tree

A tree in July 2011, Meadowbank Recreation Ground, Dorking, Surrey.

The same tree in January 2010.

Playful Zebra and Handbags at Louis Vuitton, Bond street, London

A playful zebra entertains passers-by by balancing handbags in the window of Louis Vuitton, Bond Street store, in London.

Sunset in Hyde Park, London

Sunset in Hyde Park, London, on a summer's evening

Sunset on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London

7our Bus, Lovebox festival, Victoria Park, London

A tour bus entering the backstage area at the Lovebox festival in Victoria Park, East London. The number plate is 7OUR. It is an Ayats Bravo and part of Coach UK of Liverpool's Starcruiser fleet. For other pictures of this type of coach see the Starcruiser website.

Bunting in the Southbank, London

The Southbank Centre has hung out the bunting as part of the Festival of Britain Celebrations which commemorate the 1951 The Festival of Britain.

Ducklings of Dorking - We are Family

The ducklings settle down together for a family gathering

at Meadowbank Recreation Ground, Dorking