Arrived
Arrived safely so it’s time for a nice cup of tea on the balcony.
Dalston
We had an athletic start to the day today.
Gerhild had a swinging time!
But she forgot to bring her skateboard…
Kim got a bit ratty later on. (by DALeast – they are tigers actually…)
Kew Gardens
At least there was no Kew at the entrance here and we could go straight in.
Arbus Mettalicus – for boys who climb trees who no longer have the knees. There was quite a bit of knee trembling to be seen up there, wandering through the foliage. Link
You’ve never seen water lillies like this. They would take the frog and a princess!
The Tower of London
Christiane & Thomas arrived safely.
So we set off for The Tower!
There was plenty of wiredlife around.
And a little wildlife.
A fine day.
Brick Lane
This one?
Or that one?
Big beast on the way to Brick Lane.
As a practised horsewoman, Christiane was not too impressed with this guy’s style on top of the Whitechapel gallery. I wonder what he was reading…
(Google Rodney Graham’s “Erasmus Weathervane”)
Eton & Windsor
Queen Victoria practising for Hogwarts.
Pimms next to the Thames!
Fulham Palace & Wimbledon
Well who’d be a bishop with a pink gatehouse?
Are you looking for me?
So deuce means they love it?
Wayhay Andy Murray wins £1 600 000.
Trip to the Tabernacle
On the way to the Tabernacle to listen to Alela Diane.
Er, can you put me through to …
Portobello fashion is going to the dogs!
Here is one who doesn’t need to go to Dalston to climb up the facade.
This estate agent is really showing which way house prices are going.
Saatchi Gallery
Kim looking for inspiration for his sculpture course next week.
Delicious decisions or yummy yoghurt.
Picnic in the park
We had a delicious Ottolenghi picnic in Kensington Gardens today. Gerhild says he is famous. Well, it was famously expensive, but it was worth it.
A virtual jacuzzi to cool you down on hot days like today.
A free beer for anyone who knows where this is. I like the helmet the woman cyclist bottom right is wearing, the one holding the saxophone. I guess that just one week in Portland might be a bit short for anything similar.
Super cool Gerhild with a background provided by Manchester School of Art.
Matinee in the Apollo
Fantastic production of the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime at the Apollo in Shaftesbury Avenue.
More clouds inside Saint Pancras than outside.
Paul Day’s perspective on life in the underground.
Delicious potted supper in LMNT with Camilla & Mario.
Saints Alive in the National Gallery
Michael Landy’s show at the National Gallery was loads of fun, and I won a T-shirt, wayhay!
Our ace wildlife photographer in action at the London Wetlands.
There’s another one mum.
I know dear, just ignore him and he’ll go away in a minute.
Los Ridleys
Not many pictures today when we met Liliana, Nathan and Chris in the Red Lion in Crown Passage.
So here’s a video of one of Nathan’s songs.
And here’s a video of Lockes the hatter, just in case you need a made to measure bowler, panama or any other sort of hat.
And here’s my free Michael Landy T-shirt, freshly ironed by Gerhild for my trip to Portland tomorrow with Mark.
Day with Sew Lang
Snowman in summer
Hats in Kensington
The drowned man
We went looking for a drowned man in an old sorting office in Paddington (link)
After about an hour we got hungry and Peter was thrown out, so went to Five Fields for some scrumptious food.
Wadjda
Best bike film we’ve seen this year!
Kim’s in the pink.
Pink bike on Hampstead Heath.
Bill Viola
Bill Viola – a water portrait
Kim Booth – a hot tube portrait
Gerhild GB – a street portrait
Kings Cross
Mortimer & Sew-Leong
A Thomas Crapper loo
Next to the canal
Ephysian Diana – goddess of plenty
In John Soame’s very quirky museum
Romantic and delicious West Indian lunch in Neal’s Yard
In the Wild Food cafe
Solace for Anne and Peter in the garden
Amazingly, this statue is all bronze. Just a bit of chemical treatment makes the beechnut husks look so real. Anna Gillespie, (video)
Portraits
Today, I went to the British Museum, but first we went to the national portrait gallery for the annual BP show. We both voted for this one as our favourite.
Gerhild went to lunch with her pal and I started with a nice oak clock by Charles Rennie Macintosh.
It was very hot in the museum, so I felt that Satan dragging condemned souls into the jaws of hell was spot on here.
Then I moved on to some Mexican portraits, although I’m not sure that they meet BP’s entrance requirements for the competition.
V & A
Curious memory project at the V & A. Gerhild is by the National Health Service. Well that’s obvious isn’t it.
Chinese tea cup
Katharina Fritsch’s blue cock showing up the other strutting males in Trafalgar square.
Irene saving me from a rampant dalek in the new BBC building.
Hannah Peschar
Leafy light
Whole body jewellry
Torso
Intercontinental art
Woody ensemble – with a subtle smoky smell
