The 38 to Clapton Pond

Centre Point. It's like some vast middle finger rising up above London. Ooh we love the 60s. The Beatles. The Stones. Mary Quant. All that dayglo myth. Show even the most ardent 60s nostalgist even a glimpse of Centre Point and they'll head for the hills. I've grown to rather like Centre Point over the years. Happy New Year.

Looking through Henry Flitcroft's St Giles-in-the-Fields church (1734) to Renzo Piano's colourful Central St Giles (2011) beyond.

A 19th Century almshouse tucked away in 21st Century Covent Garden.

“That’s the news, my liege. And now the weather: hail, Caesar!” (An old gag from a mock production of Julius Caesar in the old BBC radio show Round the Horne ) “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.” Samuel Johnson “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!” King Lear Rain all weekend in London. Get yourself down to the best gamp shop in town, James Smith & Son .