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I know it's another ceiling, but it's magnificent! Saucer-dome plaster with fan tracery by Henry Doogood in St Mary Aldermary.
Worth a visit for 1 of the finest Gothic towers in the country on the outside, & the decorative features, great coffee shop & oasis of calm in the city inside
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Often claimed to be the oldest bollard in the City, this is a recycled 17th or 18th century french cannon, buried upright.
It's outside St Helen's Bishopsgate. Check it out if you are in the area or on your way to St Mary Axe
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I LOVE all the micro community libraries that now exist all over London - but this one on Upper Street in Islington is one of my favourites. It only has children's books and it is really well lit, maintained and heavily used - sometimes it has queues!
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Yeah. I know I'm obsessed by ceilings, but here is another good one you might not have seen - inside of the dome of the Old Bailey
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Peaceful Guildhall Yard on Christmas day
15th century building with an 18th century Hindoostani Gothic grand entrance
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Beautiful early 19th century cast iron water pump on the south side of Gray's Inn Square.
Octagonal Gothic style with ogee, cusped panels with crockets on the ribs.
Amazing what is all around us in London!
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Paternoster Square and St Paul's Cathedral dome on the first sunrise of 2026.
Happy New Year!
#NoFilter
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Filming Slow Horses on Aldersgate Street a few weeks ago. Over the last 5 years having to go "a long way round" at weekends has become a typical occurrence in Barbican or Smithfield as roads are blocked. Worth watching - though locals will recognise creative edits between locations
A portland stone alcove surrounded by trees
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When I was a child, this was our football goal in the garden at the back of my grandmother's flat. It was unmarked and dirty. 50 years on, I've found out that it was part of the Old London Bridge from 1776 - a part of history. In 2025 it was restored and a sign added. We had no idea!
Seagull eating fish from a seafood stall on a market
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Staying with the bird theme, here is an early morning shopper in Chapel Market last week. As well as snacks on the stall it also got away with a fish too large to fly with so it dragged it down the road for a Xmas feast
3 green parakeets on a lampost in front of a brick wall
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Bright (and noisy!) parakeets in a very grey Clerkenwell. Photo doesn't do them justice
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Festive pic of St Paul's from One New Change a couple of days ago
#NoFilter or effects
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Another ceiling - but what an awesome ceiling it is! The Banqueting House on Whitehall - the only large surviving component of the Palace of Whitehall. The photo doesn't do justice to the amazing Rubens panels. Worth a visit.
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Inside the Grade II listed tower of St Mary Islington - on the way up the tower to the viewing platform nearer the top. Well worth the tour and visit if you can
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In the churchyard of St Magnus the Martyr there are some stones from the medieval London Bridge - and incredibly this chunk of wood is thought to be a pile from the original Roman bridge. You can touch it. The tree it came from lived over 2,000 years ago!
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And the official end of my September challenge - but I will still try to post regularly.
This is a fire projected on the dome of St Paul's in 2016 as part of a series of events to mark the 350th anniversary of the great fire of London. It was a video projection and very moving.
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Ceramic poppies pouring out of Traitors' Gate in to the Tower of London moat as part of an installation to commemorate the end of World War II
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Sheep crossing Southwark Bridge today in the annual sheep drive celebrating a Freeman's ancient "right" to bring sheep to market over the Thames, toll free.
I didn't manage to get a ticket this year but will try again next year!
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Almost 2000 year old underfloor heating system at the Billingsgate Roman House and Baths.
I was blown away by these Roman remains from around 150 AD in the basement of an office block on Lower Thames Street. Worth a visit.
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This is Gog.
The west gallery of Guildhall is guarded at both ends by the statues of Gog and Magog, the giants who represent the legendary pre-Christian foundation myth of London. This was crafted in 1953 to replace the originals which dated from 1709
