Category Archives: London

A trip to Chapel Market

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

I love a farmers’ market.  There is something very affirming and restorative about them.  I can barely grow herbs on my own windowsill, so the earthy beauty and joyous plenty of a market full of food, sold by the people … Continue reading →

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Banishing the February blues

Posted on February 14, 2010 by

The London Review Bookshop with a voucher from my dad. Cherry tart and tea with Jane.  Browsing the bookshelves and chatting until they closed, wheeling her bike in the rain to Beatroot for supper. Columbia Road flower market in the … Continue reading →

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Less and More

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

Deri and I decided to go to Greenwich for the day yesterday, but it was late by the time we set off and like fools we didn’t check whether we could actually get there.  At Bank we discovered that there … Continue reading →

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Snow, and all the forms of the radiant frost

Posted on January 6, 2010 by

Last night, while we were having dinner at a friend’s house, it started to snow.  Big, cloudy flakes which covered the ground with a thick white carpet to cushion our footfalls as we walked home through an almost-silent city. It … Continue reading →

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Tall tree and the I

Posted on November 7, 2009 by

D and I went to the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Royal Academy today.  I was a little bit disappointed. I loved the giant trombone-like Marsyas when it was in the Turbine Hall, and was really looking forward to seeing … Continue reading →

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