Rural London
January 3rd, 2011I have discovered where London’s city meets the countryside.
It starts here in the Asda car park …
The Herbaliser - Jazz Cafe, Camden
December 3rd, 2010Here are a couple of photos of The Herbaliser that I took last night at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. They’re not great pictures but do show nicely what it is I like so much about the Jazz Cafe, which is that you can get close enough to take pictures like these.
Thanksgiving in Washington DC
December 2nd, 2010I’ve just come back from a week’s visit to Washington DC to see my brother and family. Here are some pictures I took while I was there.
These flags surround the base of the Washington Monument.
Bletchley Park
October 11th, 2010Recently I paid a visit to Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes, home of the British World War II team responsible for cracking the German military Enigma code.
As you can see, the park is of more historical interest, than scenic, though being fair, there is a picturesque lake and a more ornate (than the huts!) mansion that I didn’t take pictures of. Read on for more pictures …
Duxford Imperial War Museum
September 2nd, 2010This is a view from the vintage De Havilland Dragon Rapide which I was fortunate enough to enjoy a brief flight on today at the Duxford Imperial War Museum.
I took lots more photographs while I was there …
Hayward and Saatchi Gallery Visit
August 6th, 2010This is a picture of me in a very strange place:
It is actually a part of Ernesto Neto’s The Edges Of The World exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. If you follow my blog you’ll know that I like the Hayward Gallery and have featured it here before. (here, here and here)
I took plenty more pictures of weird and wonderful artworks …
Harrier and Jaguar
July 9th, 2010I took these pictures today of Fiona Banner’s Harrier and Jaguar at Tate Britain.
Gumball 3000
May 1st, 2010This is the car I’d always wanted. It is a Ferrari F40. I liked it so much growing up that I had a dusty Airfix model of it on my bookshelf.
I took this picture at the start of the Gumball 3000 rally in London. The original picture was a little messy, so I used a photo-editing package (The GIMP - an excellent free tool) to remove the background and rotate the car to level it up a little.
There were all sorts of weird and wonderful vehicles to see at the event …
Science Museum Lates
April 23rd, 2010I’ve been to a couple of the recent late night openings at the Science Museum. Definitely one of my favourite London museums, and their late night openings are really good fun. There are little events, demonstrations, music a bar, and best of all, it’s adults-only, so there are no hordes of kiddies running around fiddling with the hands-on exhibits.
This fellow may not actually be a real space man (space suit, actually - nobody’s inside) but I think it makes a great blog picture.
Kinetica Art Fair 2010
February 7th, 2010This weekend, thanks to a tip-off from a friend I visited Kinetica Art Fair. Having been to last year’s event, I knew what to expect and so I came prepared with my camera.
Immediately, the art afficionados amongst you will have noted “camera” - Kinetica is a very informal event. Photography is allowed as long as it isn’t disruptive and many of the exhibits are interactive.
The artists are usually on hand to discuss their work and are typically very keen to do so. Professor Frederic Fol Leymarie gave me a very interesting walk-through the art/research project on computation models of creativity that he is involved with, for example. I also chatted briefly with Giles Walker who I met at last year’s event when he was exhibiting his pole dancing robots.
So, what did the art look like?