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Cock-a-doodle-doo! 17 May 2013 | 10:30 am
The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square will change again this summer. After the success of Antony Gormley's 'One and Another ' when members of the public had one hour slots on the plinth, followed by t...
That's the way to do it! 10 May 2013 | 04:00 pm
This Sunday I will be going to the 38th Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival in the beautiful gardens of St Paul's churchyard. Situated in the shadow of Inigo Jones' Church (also known as the A...
Happy 5th birthday Jane's London 1 May 2013 | 10:00 am
It's five years since my first posting here... wow. How? Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to look in every now and then, and a big thanks to those of you who have contacted me with ideas of t...
Learn to swim in a tanked tent 25 Apr 2013 | 02:54 pm
I thought this was a joke when someone told me about it – a temporary 12m swimming pool will be in Euston/Camden from Monday 29th April until Thursday July 11th. Total Swimming 's aim is to teach 1,20...
Get Britain Writing 15 Apr 2013 | 10:00 am
Most days I am sat at a computer typing on a keyboard. When I do pick up a pen to write something down in my diary or on a scrap of paper as a note to self it's more often than not a scrawl that I can...
Camden's getting crafty 3 Apr 2013 | 10:30 am
This Friday sees the first of We Make London's twice a month appearances at Camden Lock Market where 30 designer-makers will be selling all sorts of wonderful one-off handmade items including homeware...
Holloway Road then and now (2) 26 Mar 2013 | 11:30 am
Normal 0 0 1 98 560 4 1 687 11.773 0 0 0 Continuing from my recent post about Pugh Bros , this entry looks at the changes to the buildings to the left of it in the Victorian parade that links two pubs...
Lies, lies, damned lies 21 Mar 2013 | 10:24 am
For those of you who a guided walking tour with a twist, I'd recommend Liars' Tours . Actual facts and are mixed up with total fabrications and it's up to the crowd to work out which ones to believe* ...
Wholesale electrical components, fluorescent lamps and switchgear 13 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
In June 2008 a friend alerted me to the unveiling of some lovely old hand-painted shop signs on 136 Grays Inn Road. The shop was being renovated and the plain wooden fascias that had been in place for...
Now, this is street art 10 Mar 2013 | 10:00 am
On a street off Essex Road, Islington, I noticed that a cut down tree has been subtlely transformed into a nature-meets-geometrical-form thingummybob. It's signed TWRJ.I just did a bit of googling and...
