The 38 to Clapton Pond

Pub Signs Week: Day Five

2011-05-28T06:00:00.002+01:00

Piers Morgan's pub in Earl's Court. Old Piers is looking well going by this painting.

Pub Signs Week: Day Four

2011-05-27T06:00:00.001+01:00

Is it Winston Churchill? Or is it Matt Lucas?

Pub Signs Week: Day Three

2011-05-26T06:00:00.001+01:00

Coach and Horses. Geddit?

Pub Signs Week: Day Two

2011-05-25T06:00:00.002+01:00

is this Carol Vorderman's local?

Pub Signs Week: Day One

2011-05-24T06:00:00.003+01:00

Still our favourite – London's best pub sign on one of London's best pubs, the Three Kings of Clerkenwell.

The Droogs Don't Work

2011-05-23T06:00:00.000+01:00

Severdroog Castle – an 18th century folly near Shooter's Hill, south London

Contrast

2011-05-21T06:00:00.000+01:00

Night Fishing

2011-05-20T06:00:00.000+01:00

The Abbey

2011-05-19T06:00:00.001+01:00

Back to normal after the festivities.

Pub In The Mist

2011-05-18T06:00:00.001+01:00

Emerging like Brigadoon.

Neo Bankside

2011-05-17T06:00:00.000+01:00

In contrast to yesterday's pic from the past, a fast emerging new London on Bankside.

Soup Kitchen

2011-05-16T06:00:00.000+01:00

Hidden deep in the heart of Spitalfields, yet right next to the richest square mile in the Empire, a 19th century Jewish Soup Kitchen.

Here Comes The Sun…

2011-05-15T06:00:00.000+01:00

Covent Garden

2011-05-14T06:00:00.001+01:00

Near the site of the first Punch and Judy show in England, as observed by Pepys.

Try Everything Once Except Incest And…

2011-05-13T06:00:00.000+01:00

Londres Sur Mer

2011-05-11T06:00:00.001+01:00

Graffiti: It's Going To Be Okay

2011-05-10T06:00:00.000+01:00

Graffito found on the Haringey/Hackney borders. It reads "Don't Worry. All The Problems Of Society Will Be Resolved."

Not sure whether this is reassuring or chilling.

Dive

2011-05-09T06:00:00.000+01:00

Blue Thames

2011-05-08T16:53:00.003+01:00

The River Thames. Brown by day, blue by night.

Stand Off

2011-05-07T07:00:00.000+01:00

Georgian Spitalfields stands up to the modernity of The City. The Gherkin stands as a biased referee.

My money’s on Georgian Spitalfields.

The Collie

2011-05-06T07:00:00.000+01:00

When the Coliseum Theatre opened as a music hall, it is said that there was genuine consternation among cab drivers who feared for their lives when approaching St Martin’s Lane lest the revolving globe above the theatre should come crashing to earth.

St Martin’s Lane? This time o’ night, guv’nor? You’re ‘avin a bubble, intcha?

Go West, Look East

2011-05-05T07:00:00.000+01:00

Once a pre-historic settlement, Horsenden Hill still plays home to cavemen – take this pair of hunter-gatherers armed with clubs and stalking their prey… oh, hang on, they’re playing golf.

The view east is toward the two cities of Westminster and London. The Shard is emerging and The City is making a poor fist of trying to hide behind the Post Office Tower.

Mast in the Mist

2011-05-04T07:00:00.000+01:00

The Crystal Palace transmitter disappearing into the clouds on a heavy winter day in South East London

Anticipation…

2011-05-03T07:00:00.000+01:00

Give Us A Sign…

2011-05-02T07:00:00.001+01:00

Hampstead is another country. They do things differently there. Even their street signage.

Corner of a Foreign Field

2011-05-01T19:36:00.001+01:00

Which forgotten outpost of the British Empire could this be? An English Gothic spire looming over the hacienda?

Where else but Kensington?

The Painted Lady of Fitzrovia

2010-11-23T08:21:00.001Z

High up above the Newman Arms.

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'ello Ducky

2010-11-21T18:22:00.003Z

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This Way Out to the 1930's…

2010-11-19T07:26:00.000Z

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The Other Tower of London

2010-11-17T07:53:00.002Z

45 years old and it still looks futuristic. Quite an achievement.

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Helen Mirren's* House By Night

2010-11-13T20:17:00.003Z

(*Buckingham Palace)

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From the Other Cathedral

2010-11-12T17:42:00.002Z

A great view from the tower of Westminster R.C Cathedral.

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Last Orders

2010-11-11T14:28:00.002Z

Two teas, milk in one, milk and two in the other; two full English, bread and butter with one and a fried slice with the other, ta… hello… er, hello… service! Waitress… Hello…

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The Eagle Flies on…

2010-11-10T17:21:00.002Z

…Wednesday. Huh? A bird of bad omen on a dead pub in Woolwich. Support your local pub!

Two Tongues

2010-11-09T07:10:00.001Z

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And rest…

2010-11-08T06:57:00.002Z

Taking a moment in Highgate Wood.

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The Most Eccentric House in London?

2010-11-07T07:07:00.002Z

The Admiral's House at autumn dusk.

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Car Week VI: The End

2010-11-06T19:44:00.003Z

This north London Beetle seems to have been having a bit of a cry at the prospect of car week coming to a close.

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Car Week V: Nighty Nite

2010-11-05T07:52:00.003Z

A sleeping Merc.

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Car Week IV: Brrrrroooom-Brrrrroooom

2010-11-04T08:31:00.003Z

A snowbound Hillman Imp in North London last winter.

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Car Week III: A Baddie's Car II

2010-11-03T07:36:00.005Z

The sequel to our Lambeth Citroen the other day – we think this Mercedes Benz look deliciously sinister against the backdrop of pretty Clerkenwell Green.

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Car Week II: The Dukes of Spitalfields

2010-11-02T08:49:00.002Z

Yee-haw!

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Car Week I: A Baddie's Car

2010-11-01T12:04:00.007Z

Once again, this shot looks like something out a 60s TV action adventure series, the car driven by the villain – see its companion piece HERE.

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A St James's Ghoul for Halloween

2010-10-31T07:57:00.002Z

Boo!

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Stage Door Johnnie

2010-10-30T08:11:00.003+01:00

Painted sign for the stage door of Her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, where Beerbohm Tree was the actor-manager and where Tommy Cooper died on stage.

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Kensington Sunset

2010-10-29T00:47:00.003+01:00

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By Night

2010-10-28T01:15:00.002+01:00

"Rome was once gay in a decadent way/But I'm sure that it never was quite like London at night."

Noel Coward

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Support Your Local Pub II

2010-10-27T01:07:00.001+01:00

A ransom note on behalf of your local. Do you want this to happen to your Dog & Duck? Well?

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No Man's Land

2010-10-26T08:30:00.003+01:00

Near Woolwich, somewhere under the Thames, an indeterminate London in the borough of… well, where?

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Skyline

2010-10-25T08:55:00.002+01:00

Canary Wharf and the City from the disused railway line at Muswell Hill.

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The London Fog

2010-10-24T01:18:00.004+01:00

As seen in Mad Men (Season Three), the famous London Fog raincoat from Baltimore, USA.

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This is the Future

2010-10-23T13:34:00.002+01:00

Our shot looks like something out of the opening title sequence montage from some futuristic 1960s action adventure show. This is The City in the 21st century.
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The Party's Over

2010-10-22T00:13:00.002+01:00

Is this the address to which one retires when too old to party?

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Land of Hope And… Er…

2010-10-21T07:52:00.003+01:00

Can't help wondering if this was a patriotic statement gone wrong or a seditious/satirical gesture…

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Can I Go Out On My Bike Please Ma?

2010-10-20T09:47:00.003+01:00

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Mister Punch

2010-10-19T22:13:00.002+01:00

Visible here – buildings from the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries.

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Nice Girls in a Bar

2010-10-18T07:19:00.004+01:00

The old cliché goes that one will never meet a "nice girl" with whom to settle down with in a bar – but what if the whole bar is named after her?

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Was That Really a…

2010-10-17T00:07:00.003+01:00

…giant cutting up the Edgware Road away from Marble Arch? I could have sworn…

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My Day Off Yesterday

2010-10-16T07:01:00.000+01:00

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The Greeks Have a Shop For It

2010-10-15T06:11:00.003+01:00

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Up, Up and Away

2010-10-13T15:44:00.003+01:00

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One Last Look…

2010-10-11T08:32:00.002+01:00

… at high summer in London.

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Do the Strand

2010-10-10T00:28:00.002+01:00

The Law Courts, architecturally London's secular cathedral.

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On the Tiles

2010-10-09T00:18:00.004+01:00

A bygone sign in Bull Inn Court, site of the wonderful Nell Gwynne pub just off the Strand and murder scene of the actor William Terris, December 1897.

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Grrrrrr

2010-10-08T07:21:00.003+01:00

A lion guards the door of the Indian Embassy.

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All the World's a Stage…

2010-10-07T08:24:00.004+01:00

Street theatre oustide St Paul's Covent Garden, the actors' church.

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It's Not Starbucks

2010-10-06T22:26:00.002+01:00

Lunch. Get it HERE. (No Ginger pig English ham and dijon mustard sandwiches changed hands for this plug.)

Tower Hill Sunset

2010-10-05T14:14:00.003+01:00

Sunset on the old Port of London Authority building at Tower Hill, early autumn 2010

Green II

2010-05-28T09:37:00.001+01:00

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Green

2010-05-28T08:58:00.001+01:00

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Summertime

2010-05-27T08:40:00.001+01:00

Summertime. Brrrrrr.

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Overground Tartan

2010-05-23T13:06:00.001+01:00

Plaid from the seats on the new London Overground train on the first day of service from Crystal Palace 23:05:2010.
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Picture Palace

2010-05-09T23:39:00.000+01:00

Under the Bridges of London

2010-05-06T08:24:00.001+01:00

A pavement artist hard at work beneath Hungerford Bridge.

Poetic Licenced Premises

2010-05-02T17:44:00.001+01:00

Coach and Horses. Coach. And Horses. Cinderella? Geddit?

English Graffiti

2010-04-27T17:35:00.001+01:00

Noel Coward's London Pride scrawled on a dustbin.

Man-made Chasm

2010-04-26T07:56:00.001+01:00

Saucy

2010-04-25T09:12:00.001+01:00

The Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road. Progressive Working Class Caterer. A classy joint.

Oh Yeah?

2010-04-24T17:54:00.002+01:00

One of an endless supply of daft London signs.

Pub o' the Week

2010-04-23T16:35:00.004+01:00

Well, more of a bar, but for once that's excusable. Bradley's Spanish Bar, Hanway Street off Oxford Street W1. Best jukebox in town. Once featured Dennis Waterman giving it large on his hit I Could Be So Good For You. I hope it still does. Blinding.

Simply Messing About In Boats

2010-04-22T08:01:00.002+01:00

A Chinese flavour in Little Venice.

Living in London? You Deserve a Medal

2010-04-21T09:09:00.003+01:00

So buy yourself one at Cecil Court WC2, London's best, grumpiest, most individual shops.

Almost a Griffin

2010-04-20T18:50:00.003+01:00

Griffin Park is Brentford F.C's home ground. It is the only football ground with a pub at each corner. But that's not a griffin (above). So WTF is it? Is it just a plain old football-playing winged-lion? Any suggestions?

Hole in the Wall

2010-04-19T07:27:00.004+01:00

Banished from Trafalgar Square, a pigeon plots its revenge from a hole in the Roman London wall.

All the News That's Fit to Print

2010-04-18T13:32:00.004+01:00

A piece of newspaper publishing history on a plaque set into a paving stone, underfoot and handy for the gutter. Where else?

Back in Time

2010-04-17T07:59:00.001+01:00

But for the burglar alarm and the yellow lines on the road…

Yellow

2010-04-16T08:12:00.004+01:00

The sickly sodium glow casts its pall over the LU roundel at Farringdon (no effects added). We suppose this unique lighting state at Farringdon by night will be replaced when the Crossrail changes kick in. A pity. By dark Farringdon station always looks otherworldly in its perpetual yellow dusk.

Look Out for This Sign…

2010-04-15T09:03:00.001+01:00

…and get walking. An 88 mile walk within a 10 mile radius of Big Ben.

It's Silver!

2010-04-14T08:02:00.002+01:00

Our sister bus the No.9 comes in second in the 51st annual London Bus Grand Prix. The 38 took gold, naturally.

Altitude

2010-04-13T08:41:00.001+01:00

View from Hampstead at dusk.

Pub o' the Week

2010-04-12T06:12:00.002+01:00

Yes, it's called The Churchill. Yes, that's the Irish tricolour flying above The Churchill. And yes, The Churchill with the Irish flag serves Thai food. It's in Kensington Church Street.

Juke Joint?

2010-04-11T15:29:00.004+01:00

Dappled by shadows from the leafy suburban trees, is prissy Highgate the last place one would expect to find a sign advertising a "Juke Joint"? Visit The Boogaloo.

A Tree Grows in Clerkenwell II

2010-04-10T06:43:00.003+01:00

Getting to look a lot like spring in Clerkenwell – at Pear Tree Court, the Peobody Trust estate, the architecture of which was once described by the great (but often infuriatingly snobbish) Nikolaus Pevsner as "detestable". (See The Buildings of England: London Vol. II Except the Cities of London and Westminster, 1952.)

Springtime in Suburbia

2010-04-09T05:57:00.002+01:00

Spring on the fault line between suburban East Finchley and übersuburbia, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Mock tudor, chichi motor cars, the Heath beyond. My favourite thing: very little aesthetic pollution in the shape of "signage". Only one of those horrid neighbourhood watch signs with the cutesy meerkats is visible. Those must really put the wind up the crims.

Bar of the Week. Ssssssh!

2010-04-08T06:29:00.001+01:00

A splendid time is guaranteed… just make sure to keep your voice down, it's a library.

A Very London Juxtaposition II

2010-04-07T08:33:00.002+01:00

A thuggish tower block mugging an innocent little old pub.

Recession-Proof Marketing

2010-04-06T08:39:00.003+01:00

Tasty Cafe. Not as prissy as The Yummy Cafe. Not as sanctimonious as The Nutritious Cafe. Tasty. Nicely done. (St John St, Clerkenwell EC1.)

You Were Only Supposed to Blow the Bloody Doors Off II

2010-04-05T17:56:00.001+01:00

A patriotic mini in Little Italy. Where else?

Inside a Work of Art: Post #100

2010-04-04T10:01:00.002+01:00

Fulcrum (1987) by minimalist sculptor Richard Serra.

Bunhill Fields Forever

2010-04-03T10:01:00.003+01:00

Bunhill Fields, the nonconformist burial ground, at an early spring dusk 2010.