2014-09-26 13:32
“London neither likes you to walk faster than itself nor slower” – E. V. Lucas. I was reading “London Afresh” by E. V. Lucas (1936), a fascinating rambling thro… Read More
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A journal of urban walking
2014-06-18 05:02
“London goes beyond any boundary or convention… It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.” Peter Ackroyd, London: The Biography (2000) Ironmonger Lane is a narrow street i… Read More
2014-03-11 09:33
Now that spring has sprung, it is a pleasure to resume my wanderings. On a Sunday morning I walk around with my nose up in the air, and a 1925/26 … Continue reading → Read More
2014-01-07 21:39
“It was at Deptford that I once saw one of the most interesting of the remaining street entertainments of London…” – Geoffrey Fletcher – The Lo… Read More
2013-12-20 00:48
“The cry of the age is for distraction. Now, distraction is precisely what we do not want…” – S P B Mais, “It isn’t far from L… Read More
2013-11-28 22:33
“It might be its function to not have meaning. I mean people might be grasping for meaning but meaning is not grasping for the people, or grasping for the meaning.” … Cont… Read More
2013-11-17 09:05
“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.” – John LockeThey are everywhere and often ignored. But following railings’ shapes and styles is… Read More
2013-10-21 22:53
“I see the jewel best enamelled Will lose his beauty…” – William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act 2, scene 1.In 1912 , some build… Read More
2013-10-14 15:16
“Mi ci sono un po’ gingillato”* – Gino Coppedè, cantiere Mackenzie, Genova 1905. *[“I toyed a bit with it” – Gino Copped&e&hell…Read More
2013-09-29 09:14
“Perhaps the best possible impact a film can have is to cause its viewers to regard the world around them with fresh eyes…”- Will Self Exploring a city like… Read More
2013-09-06 21:04
“He who cannot find wonder, mystery or a sense of a new world and an undiscovered realm in the place’s by the Gray’s Inn Road will never find those secret’s …… Read More
2013-08-23 21:51
“Imperceptibly, the day had begun drawing to a close as Austerlitz talked, and the light was already fading when we left the house in Alderney Street together to walk a … Contin… Read More
2013-08-07 19:19
“Bah! La rue du Mont-Blanc était devenue la rue de la Chaussée d’Antin. Je n’y vis plus mon hôtel, il avait été vendu, d&e&hell…Read More
2013-07-28 18:16
“…the subject of walking is, in some sense, about how we invest universal acts with particular meanings. Like eating or breathing, it can be invested with wildly different cultu… Read More
2013-07-11 08:35
“So you never know as you move through these labyrinths whether you are pursuing a goal or running from yourself, whether you are the hunter or his prey…” Joseph&nbs&hell…Read More
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