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.

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Longing

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The sun goes down in a clear sky - orange orb with an orange glow. Dipping below the trees across a park's paddock, recently mowed, spar...
Saturday, 21 July 2012

Loafing

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Three young men hanging out in the Brunswick Centre (it has now lost the centre from its name - probably in a rebranding exercise - calls i...
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Thursday, 19 July 2012

Lunchtime seduction

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A man and a woman meet in Costas for lunch. He arrives first and chooses a table, securing it with his suit jacket slung over the seat back....
Saturday, 14 July 2012

Beatroot

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Eating small box of food in Beatroot on Berwick Street. It's a pathway. Lots of people passing in both directions between Soho and Oxfor...
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Yo! Where is everyone?

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It's 10 o'clock. Working late. Popped in on the way home to save cooking. 2 cucumber maki 1 vegetable yakisoba And a pumpkin kar...
Saturday, 7 July 2012

Saturday

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Shopping in town - bumped into the architect who designed the renovation to our building at work with his beautiful wife who was a bit taken...
Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Cycling in the wind

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At the end of a warm June day cyclists criss cross the intersection where I'm sitting. The wind is blowing up the sleeves of my jacket a...
Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Yoko Ono Private View, Serpentine Gallery

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I've gotten here too early - I'm a guest at the regular old Private View for the plebs and there is still half an hour of the Specia...
Sunday, 17 June 2012

New Cats

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So last weekend, Susanna and I drove up the A1M to Glaisdale in the North York Moors to collect my new kittens (its a long way to go for a c...
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Saturday, 16 June 2012

The Most Irritating Laugh In The World

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She's sitting very close by with a big group if friends and her laugh rings out loudly like a machine gun. Waaahhahahahaaa. Haahaa. Ah h...

Two Men Talking

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In the pub waiting for the football to start. At the next door table two men are talking. I like her. She's younger than me. 10 years yo...
Friday, 15 June 2012

Kingsland Road

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Its just me and the crazies walking in Kingsland Road. I'm walking from Church Street to Shoreditch. The crazies are just walking or han...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Legs

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As I was walking from home to Wood Green I saw: a black laborador in the park with three legs a man on crutches with one leg Coincidences. (...
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Monday, 4 June 2012

Running

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On the 476 riding to town. At Stamford Hill I noticed a man running with a red knapsack. The bus wasn't going particularly fast and we c...
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Friday, 1 June 2012

Character

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An elderly male character in the book I'm reading was talking about his recently deceased wife saying, "I did pretty damn well, I...
Friday, 25 May 2012

Change

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So I've been talking to anyone who will listen about my mid-life crisis. Haven't managed to buy a flashy sports car yet but have bee...
Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Sun's Out

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Sun is out Park is full Office workers and tourists stretch out to catch some rays Dog walkers can't play ball and stand on the pavement...
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Sunday, 20 May 2012

Yayoi Kusama at Tate Modern

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Started with paintings that were like deep voids - I liked them - reminded me of some drawings I did once where the blackness is space. Then...
Saturday, 19 May 2012

Friday night

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Gigging with Bails and Paul in Camden Town. Reminiscent of our youth. Crowded into Barfly with a stamp on your hand so you can come and go b...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Itchy Feet

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I've suddenly noticed that it is light at 9pm. Summer evenings are creeping up on us. I'm having a serious case of itchy feet - it s...
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