Trafalgar Square, 10 December 2013
Today was Nelson Mandela’s Memorial Service in Johannesburg. I followed the service on TV and then went into London. Around South Africa House everyone was talking about Mandela. It was a disturbing day, and in the evening I found myself … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 7, Russell Square and Queen’s Square (No.39)
I explored this route twice, once on a sunny afternoon and once at the end of the day, so the photographs reflect the different light at these times. Russell Square was part of a grand redevelopment plan by the Earls … Continued
Colours in December
I was in London today, with Mr Bradshaw on Day 7 – after 11 months! The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day, with these incredible colours.
Eltham Palace
This is the last daily post in the NaBloPoMo Challenge (what a name!) and I thought I would cheer myself up by remembering a beautiful Sunday, just a month ago.
Bradshaw, St George’s Church, & the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Mr Bradshaw introduced me to St George’s, Bloomsbury, ‘..the church with the peculiar steeple built by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1730..’.
Evening Colour with Bradshaw
Mr Bradshaw’s tour around Bloomsbury and Russell Squares has given me some ideas for little, detailed posts, but I need some more photographs and it will be a few days before I go into London. I committed to a post … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 7, Bloomsbury Square, (no.38)
‘We are again in the midst of the squares’. ‘The church with the peculiar steeple seem towering above the surrounding buildings is the parish church of St George’s, Bloomsbury, built by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1730.’. In 1711 Parliament authorised the … Continued
In the evening light…
Mr Bradshaw and I set off on Day 7 today, but it will take time to write the post, so I am leaving you with the windows of The Hall in Gray’s Inn, at night.