The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Brixton
Brixton: a place of continuity and change
One thing I adore about living in London is that I’m connected here by family links going back over at least 120 years. And I’m even more connected to the small grubby part of South London around Brixton. When I … Continue reading
Posted in buildings, London, memoires, miscellany, sculpture
Tagged Avenue street lights, bon marche brixton, Brixton, electric avenue, lambeth, London, riots 12011, riots 1981, riots 1985, sus laws, Vivienne Westwood
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Circling Dulwich
Dulwich, for those who don’t know it, is a ‘village’ in South London famous for its boys’ public school, its art gallery and its association with Mr Pickwick. It is a small oasis, neatly tucked between Brixton and Peckham to … Continue reading
Posted in buildings, Dulwich, London, miscellany, walking
Tagged 1948 Olympics, Andrew Carnegie, Blackbird Bakery, Brixton, Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, Carnegie Library, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Denmark Hill, Dulwich, Dulwich Park, Gail's bakery, Green Dale, Herne Hill, Herne Hill Road, Herne Hill Velodrome, London, Mimosa Cafe, Peckham, Romeo Jones, Ruskin Park, South London, Stradella Road, Streatham, walking, Wembley Arena
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