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Bow flyover: who would have thought?
Congratulations to my friends and clients, Adams & Sutherland architects, winners of the Architect of the Year Awards 2012 in the Public Realm category. Above, the underpass at Bow flyover in...
Scooped! a kiss from Jean Dujardin
Somehow, I managed to steal a kiss from Jean Dujardin, who was wildly popular with the French crowd at Cannes, and wholly unknown by everyone else, back then in May...
Sprouts on Broadway
They’re green, children loathe them, and they give you gas. However, adulthood brings enjoyment of all kinds of weird things, and veganism even more so. Slow-roasted sprouts with kürbiskernöl are...
Swan, meditating, St James’s Park
This swan caught my eye one sunlit evening as I crossed the park. Although the image required a bit of retouching – removing debris from the surface of the water...
I Love Paris (I): St Germain des Pres
One of the greatest photographic challenges posed by Paris in winter is the city’s lack of colour. The dull skies paint the city grey but colours, when they do appear,...
Mushroom magic: the season is upon us…
This vivid mound of mushrooms, at London’s extremely trendy Borough Market, is worth its weight in some heavy metal, if not gold. If, however, you’re prepared to don your wellies and...
O Tiggywinkle, where art thou?
A young hedgehog rescued by the SSPCA. Their vet had stopped by Linthill, where we were staying, to rescue a wounded buzzard that didn’t, unfortunately, survive. To cheer us all...
High on Oxygène: Jean-Michel Jarre en Monaco
After a few days of scandal and wildfire gossip that saw William Hill “slashing” their odds against a cancellation, Charlene said “I do” and the celebrations kicked off. Rumours of...
Unlawful Killing: Gangsters in Tiaras and Shrinks in Armchairs
In short – “They murdered ‘er and then they covered it up.” You can bet that this phrase featured either in Private Eye’s ‘Great Bores of Today’ or ‘A...
We Have a Chest: Cheryl Cole hits Cannes
It’s true that you’ve never got your camera to hand when you really want one, and I kicked myself earlier in the week as I happened upon DeNiro, Jude...
