Saturday, November 11, 2006

the playground railings at cross hayes infants school

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a hundred screaming kids would rush to the railings at the beginning of morning break, just in time to see the only train of the day crossin...

i learned to tell the time by this clock as i made my late runs to the matinees at the athelstan cinema

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half of the apostles in the porch of malmesbury abbey

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robert and felicity hitchings ... you'd like them !

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james watt ... beautifully modelled in majolica ... maker unknown

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an eureka moment ! he's holding a spoon against the spout of a kettle ... note those undone buttons on his weskit ... the face is angeli...
Friday, November 10, 2006

couldn't sleep, so i caught the night bus up to piccadilly and photographed some of the fortnum and mason christmas windows before the crowds gathered

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alice at fortnum and mason (2)

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alice at fortnum and mason (3)

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alice at fortnum and mason (4)

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alice at fortnum and mason (5)

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alice at fortnum and mason (6)

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hearts are trumps at fortnum and mason

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a gratuitous juxtaposition

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i wish they'd play kay starr on the tannoy !

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two of the nation's great entertainments

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looking from hungerford bridge towards the city ... the bridge was shaking with the steps of hundreds of homegoing workers

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looking towards hungerford bridge from the south bank and beyond it to the savoy hotel ... where monet used to paint "atmospheres"

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excuse me while i kiss the sky !

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Thursday, November 09, 2006

harvey nichols christmas windows ...

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... at four o'clock this morning

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