In the Aquarium
a londoner's life

I love my city because... It is constantly changing and yet familiar. Anonymous but friendly. Residential, industrial and entertaining. Fast paced with sedate pockets. I love my city because I am a Londoner.

Thursday, 28 October 2010

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Cat Lady Walking past Choumert Road carpark first thing. Sunshine. Leaves on the trees turning golden. At the far side of the carpark an o...
Monday, 25 October 2010

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Iphone For some time I have been coveting the iphone, looking on green-eyed (in the jealous sense rather than the literal sense, although ...
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Thursday, 21 October 2010

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Ceramics Class New technique tried - leather hard clay is painted with shellac patterns, wet sponge is wiped over the clay body which ...
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Monday, 11 October 2010

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Spider The low autumn sunshine glints across the silky strands of a monster cobweb that is partially formed between the ceiling, shelving ...
Sunday, 10 October 2010

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Sunday morning The smell of fox is strong in the morning. Transported from a city street to a country woodland edging a field. Autumn is i...
Saturday, 9 October 2010

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Watching There's a crowd of oglers by the alley on the side of the post office. A community police officer is saying "there's...
Friday, 8 October 2010

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Fog Sandwich Its been a fog sandwich of a day. Way into work on the train the tops of tallest buildings were obscured by the low hanging clo...

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Late Night, Church Street 3 men lurch along church street. The night is warm for October. Pavements have dried since the last rain. ...he...
Monday, 4 October 2010

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Light Remarkable light at sunset - one side of the sky had gold shimmmering out from under the clouds, the other thickening black clouds dar...
Sunday, 3 October 2010

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Gloomy Sunday Some days, when you open the curtains and discover it is grey and threatening more rain after a night of heavy rain, it seem...
Saturday, 25 September 2010

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Barcelona Our original trip was postponed in May due to BA strikes and the volcanic ash. We spent a September weekend there instead. We wa...
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Friday, 17 September 2010

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Aunty Bettys Out with ceramics class for the first class of the term - back to the regular haunt (pizza place off Blackstock Road with awn...
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

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Ladies who lunch Australian ladies lunching. One is on the phone. " Matthew has to wear glasses all the time, in class as well....can...
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Sunday, 12 September 2010

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Tamara Drewe This was a very funny film - I laughed out loud. Perfectly drawn bored rural teenagers up to no good (I only have the reports...
Saturday, 11 September 2010

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Ally Pally Bus drives over the hill and passes in front of the palace. The changing London skyline looms out of the mist - new tower at elep...
Thursday, 9 September 2010

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Eating mcdonalds in Bruce Grove has their new orange and olive green design with a huge plate glass window. Three youths sit in the bucket l...
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Saturday, 4 September 2010

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Autumn So the month has turned and we slide into the autumn  months. Not ready for it yet. Blooms are reaching their ends. Plants are legg...
Wednesday, 1 September 2010

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Walking the dog Its a sunny morning on the way to work, turning into Choumert Road there are two people with buggies walking towards me on...
Saturday, 21 August 2010

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Ernesto Neto Hankering after seeing something good - went to Hayward to see Ernesto  Neto. Large interactive installation on the top floor...
Tuesday, 17 August 2010

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London River Sometimes you have to see a film even though the reviews don't rave exactly. But it is filmed in a tight triangle of L...
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