Considered Cycle Riding, Town & Country

Daily cycling near Buckingham Palace and Downing Street leads to regular encounters with motorcades. I always admire the no-nonsense approach of the motorcycle outrider, and they seem to enjoy whistling forcefully at me to stop. The whole experience is always over in 10 — 20 seconds, but this time I managed to get the phone […]

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, stood waiting at the traffic lights in Trafalgar Square. He passed otherwise  unnoticed through the streets, I imagine by virtue of a) being alone, b) wearing a helmet and c) stopping at the lights. He gave a friendly wave which is about to be performed here. See Transport for London’s […]

Snaps of Helix by Alyson Shotz,  taken outside Sir John Soane’s  Holy Trinity Church opposite Great Portland Street. Installation was part of the Frieze-neighboured Age of the Marvellous exhibition.

Riding past the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square every day has been fascinating. Participants in Antony Gormley’s One & Other project tend to dress practically, gloriously carefree of how a warm fleece compares to the neighbours’ sculpted military uniforms.  Cardboard banners are touted then forgotten, as friends text and tourists tease. Many Plinthians seem to […]