Scottish artist Jim Lambie at Sadie Coles in London
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Storytelling in Paint in Multiverse at Gazelli Art House
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Celebrating diversity in ‘Beyond Borders’ at Unit London
Staring out into the wintery streets of Mayfair, Zachary Eastwood-Bloom’s statues act as sentinels for what is inside, with a very different work downstairs. Zachary is an Englishman who lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland and his work inspired by classical Greek statuary announces the theme of Unit London’s winter exhibition ‘Beyond Borders’. Not only […]
Is this a new model for the future: Cromwell Place in South Kensington?
The pandemic of the last six months, which looks likely to continue, has challenged many modern ways of doing things. Retailers, and restaurant-owners are having to think through their business models as never before, as competitors fall like skittles, while office occupiers are reappraising what the office of the future will be – probably not […]
New England and the Mayflower Park Wetlands – the Hamptons in London
Today’s excursion took me across to the USA, to New England. I was looking for the new Mayflower Park Wetlands; what I found, much to my surprise, was a piece of New England vernacular in the suburbs of London, near Sutton. Surrounded by suburban residential streets, ‘The Hamptons’ and the adjacent park are a joint […]
The beauty of the Royal Botanical Gardens in the countryside at Wakehurst Place
There are two houses called Wakehurst Place: one, the original house in West Sussex; the other a replica in Rhode Island completed in 1887 under the supervision of the American architect Dudley Newton for the sportsman and politician James J. Van Alen from plans designed by the British architect/designer Charles Eamer Kempe, and now owned […]
Beautiful gardens in a historic setting in the Kent countryside at Sissinghurst
Like many castles in Britain, Sissinghurst has had a rocky history until, in derelict condition, the castle and farm was put on the market in 1928 for the grand sum of £12,000, with alas no offers of interest for two years. Fortunately, by one of those pieces of serendipity, Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson […]
Are there lessons to be learnt for greening our cities as Kew Gardens reopens
Did past generations anticipate future restrictions such as social distancing? Certainly, they were aware of sensible health precautions, including covering faces, from the various epidemics that seem to be a characteristic of human civilisation through the centuries. The various designers who have contributed to the layout of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew knew a […]
The enlightened conservation of the Mount Nod Huguenot Cemetery in Wandsworth
To many people Wandsworth is somewhere they drive through as fast as the traffic lights will allow on the A3 out of London towards Portsmouth, an area of London that lacks identity and a ‘heart’, with the modern, and partly empty shopping centre since Debenham’s left, Southside at its heart. Look hard, scratch below the […]
Important natural wildlife reserves along the River Wandle at Ravensbury Park and Watermeads
The 20th century was not particularly kind to Morden in South London, with a sprawl of housing following the opening of the Underground station interspersed with industrial sheds, a town centre that is focused on the roads cutting through its heart – albeit supporting it as a major bus interchange – and the electrical pylons […]
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