Chelsea Flower Show & Chelsea in Bloom London is urban. It can be a bit scruffy and rough around the edges. It’s full of city-grime, big hulking blocks of concrete and… Continue Reading →
Exploring Earl’s Court, London One of the reasons I love to travel is because everything I see in those moments is completely new to me. I pay attention… Continue Reading →
Colourful London: Scenes from a Quiet Notting Hill Just 48 years ago, back in 1968, George Andrews moved out of number 157 Portland Road in London’s Notting Hill. The four-bedroom house (then… Continue Reading →
Stories from Central London I’d nearly forgotten the silence of the rush hour commute. I’d forgotten the gentle sway of hundreds of thousands of black-clad bodies trying to… Continue Reading →
Holland Park: A London Nature Walk Woodchips crunch beneath my feet, damp from this week’s daily rain showers. An intense sweetness of sap from freshly cut trees thickens the air,… Continue Reading →
A North London Walk: Hampstead, Gospel Oak & Kentish Town My first job in London (and first job after university) some 9 years ago was as a marketing assistant for Jiq Jaq, an small… Continue Reading →