Category Archives: London

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The Museum of London Docklands

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The Museum of London is an old favourite, but its eastern outlier at No 1 Warehouse, West India Dock was new to me ( Docklands Light Railway, West India Dock station, or Canary Wharf, Jubilee line ). Located most suitably … Continue reading

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Descent into the Maelstrom

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I had disembarked from the Jubilee line and was negotiating my way through the station when I saw the sign for Canary Wharf Docklands Light Railway.  A-ha, thought I, an internal route, I won’t have to cross that windswept piazza … Continue reading

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Common Books

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Clapham and Clapham Common in particular feature in a number of literary works, most famously as the setting for Graham Greene’s WWII novel The End of the Affair (1951). Greene lived at 14, Clapham Common Northside which, though it still exists … Continue reading

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Festival Land

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The recent post-event evaluation of the Crystal Palace Overground Festival has made me think that it’s time to reflect on the two festivals with which I was closely involved this Spring. Clapham was a great success – I’m still being … Continue reading

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Boozing Kens

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No, not pictures of Ken Clarke (British politician) looking the worse for wear at Ronnie Scott’s, but an interesting bit of etymology. On Friday last I was out in south London and was taken to a Tap Room. Now I … Continue reading