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No. 738: Frith Street, W1
Frith Street, London, W1. Photo © Roger Dean 2012 The Star – Jane Taylor, 1806: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. W… more →
Esoteric London
Calling at the Albany to see Graham Greene.
wrote 5 days ago: Graham Greene, Antibes. © Dmitri Kasterine 1983. Expedition to Greeneland by Susan Grindley There wa … more →
No. 838: Holborn Viaduct, EC1
wrote 1 week ago: St Andrew Holborn, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1. Photo © Roger Dean 2012 London by Day and Night … more →
An Afternoon in Bloomsbury
wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m visiting G. in Oxford for a few weeks, and Oxford being what it is of course she … more →
Review: Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre, London
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Queen’s Theatre, London. I was struck by the sheer intensity of the production, as it was … more →
The Badger's Literary Pilgrimage: 7 Gower Street, London, WC1 - The Birth of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
wrote 3 weeks ago: In September 1848, the painters and poets John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and William … more →
The Badger's Literary Pilgrimage: Chaucer's Rooms above Aldgate, London, EC3N
wrote 1 month ago: From at least 1108 until it’s final removal in 1761, Aldgate stood as the easternmost gate in … more →
Photos from London Town, February 2013
wrote 2 months ago: Click each picture to enlarge. With Danielle Hope, who plays Éponine in the stage show Les Misérable … more →
The Immortal Dinner
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wrote 3 months ago: If you are going to be laid low with the flu, the only redeeming feature may be that you can’t … more →
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Metro-Land.
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wrote 4 months ago: Pinner Station at dusk. © David Secombe 2011. From Murder at Deviation Junction by Andrew Martin*: … more →
No. 738: Frith Street, W1
wrote 5 months ago: Frith Street, London, W1. Photo © Roger Dean 2012 The Star – Jane Taylor, 1806: Twinkle, twink … more →
A Psychogeographical Christmas. Photo & text: David Secombe.
wrote 5 months ago: The Cleveland Street Workhouse and the BT Tower. Photo © David Secombe 2011. The Cleveland Street Wo … more →
Visualising Place: Elizabeth Bowen's London
wrote 6 months ago: On a recent research trip to London, I seized the opportunity to make a few literature-related pit-s … more →
Robert Graves visits London and wishes he was back in Deya. Photo: Dave Hendley, poem: Tim Turnbull.
wrote 6 months ago: Robert Graves at County Hall. © Dave Hendley 1973. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi by Tim Turnbull All aboa … more →
Four literary London maps
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wrote 6 months ago: These four maps of literary London were drawn by Martin Rowson for the rather wonderful 1999 London … more →
A Haunted Bus. Photo: David Secombe, text: Andrew Martin.
wrote 6 months ago: Strand, looking towards Temple Bar. © David Secombe 2010. An attempt at Putting on a Brave Face In A … more →
No. 670: Lawn Road, NW3
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wrote 8 months ago: Isokon Building, Lawn Road, Hampstead, London, NW3. Photo © Roger Dean 2010 The London based Isokon … more →
A Book for Everyone in Bloomsbury
wrote 8 months ago: Specialty bookstores in Bloomsbury (Photo credit Ewan Munro / Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0) Bloomsbury has be … more →
The discreet charm of the A102M. Photo & text: David Secombe.
wrote 8 months ago: Blackwall Tunnel southern approach, SE10. Photo © David Secombe 1988. From Night Walks by Charles Di … more →
