It’s Even Cold In India
I like this article from Rahul Tandon on the BBC’s web site.
What is going wrong with the weather?
Stratford Panorama From The Emirates Air-Line
The picture shows the Olympic Park from the Emirates Air-Line cable-car.
Stratford Panorama From The Emirates Air-Line
The mouth of the River Lee is in the foreground.
Canary Wharf From Canning Town Station
One of the best free views of Canary Wharf is from the high level DLR platforms at Canning Town station.
Canary Wharf From Canning Town Station
Canning Town is a good station to start an exploration of the mouth of the River Lee.
A Public Clock In Ipswich
I like public clocks and there’s this good example on the side of the car park at Ipswich station.
A Public Clock In Ipswich
I believe there can’t be too many public clocks.
Surrogate Mothers
The Times magazine had a large article about gay parents, who use surrogate mothers to give birth to their children.
As a father I can understand the mentality of those who want to be the mother or father of a child, but I’ve always found it difficult to comprehend the mind of the women who carry the baby. All of the mothers, I’ve known would be unlikely to go through all the problems and pain of childbirth and then give the baby away.
Metro Gets On The Crossrail Bandwagon
If you have a freesheet like the Metro or the Standard or even a newspaper like the Sun, you need good pictures and stories to fill the pages.
A week or so ago, it was the Sun and today Metro gets in on the act, with this set of underground pictures of Crossrail.
Crossrail is proving to be an excellent page filler for popular newspapers.
Do You Get As Much Free Bamboo As You Can Eat?
This story from the Sun is about testing the new panda-cams at Edinburgh Zoo.
I suppose it’s one of those jobs, that is in that category of tough ones, that someone has to do.
You can actually see the pandas using this link.
Silvertown Sugar Refinery
Dominating the space between the new railway line and the River Thames is the massive Tate and Lyle sugar refinery, although it is now owned by American Sugar Refining.
As the pictures show it also dominates the view from the south bank of the Thames.
Winding Through The Crossrail Works
Crossrail are building their rail line along the line of the old North London Line to North Woolwich. Their blue fences were everywhere.
Some of the pictures were taken from a pedestrian bridge over the site and others were taken on that excellent photographic platform, a London double-deck bus. In this case it was a 473, that goes from Canning Town station to North Woolwich, where the Woolwich Ferry berths.
Note how the Brick Lane Music Hall dominates the first part of the route.
The Brick Lane Music Hall
The building which used to be St. Mark’s Church, Silvertown, is certainly impressive, but it was designed by the well-known S. S. Teulon
It is certainly better it has a proper use, rather than just being a ruin.
The Anonymous Widower 