There are some truly great shop names in London. Tickle Me in Brockley is one of my favourites (for all your jerked beef needs). Well, it just seems inspired that someone decided to set up an, ever so slightly dingy, fish and chip place and call it a fishcoteque. Glorious.
And to think that just three weeks ago it was all snow pictures and tube closures – now we get to move into sunny images of happy people relaxing in London’s parks. Enjoy it while it lasts.
It appears that Wilson is a nut. Quite who Wilson is or what he/she has done to earn the title I’m not entirely sure.
This is one corner of Camden that’s regularly graffiti-ed. There’s often a creative stencil or phrase on the corner next to council offices but today it appears to have leveled up. This piece of work made from coins is a welcome bit of creativity.
Is this my imagination or is the disabled parking sign some subtle leftist propaganda? When you approach them from a certain direction there is a definite hammer and sickle quality to the shape. Clearly these spaces are part of a dangerous socialist plot to collectivise all of our parking spaces.
David Mentiply takes a look at the top ten nicknames in football; Killer Derek Hales was christened with the nickname “Killer” by Charlton fans in the early 1970s. This was due to his lethal finishing (168 goals in 368 games) and the fact that he used to […]
You don’t see many of these around – a reverse tricycle with a large box in the front for the dog of means. Pretty neat way to travel in style. I believe these come from Denmark, the home of all civilised things. How else do people get their dogs around […]
Passing by the building works behind St Pancras I peeked through the fence and was surprised to see a long pipe pumping out smoke. The air was quite sweet and I did wonder whether it was perfume designed to mask something less fruity… anyone know what these pipes that leak […]
Wandering through London yesterday I was struck by the difference between some of the glorious steel and glass buildings and the, cough, shabby state of the tube stations that serve them. I do wonder whether Moorgate is the shabbiest station in the network as there is some real competition for […]
Outside Europe House in Whitehall up to two dozen people gathered to show their solidarity to those suffering in Greece and not sell left-wing newspapers to each other. There have been a number of these protests over the last couple of months and there are some more coming up too. […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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