To London again. Seen from Lambeth Bridge, the Shard seems both very tall and not-really-that-tall-considering. Something to do with the tapering shape. The London Eye always looks massive because the brain doesn’t expect a ferris wheel to be that size, especially when placed opposite Big Ben. I've only been on ... Read More...
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The Dabbler is pleased to welcome superblogger Rob Baker on board for a series of guest posts taken from his excellent Nickel in the Machine. In his day job Rob is a TV producer, but is concentrating more and more on writing, having recently launched The London Project in an ... Read More...
In which Toby at last discovers the acme of museums... I have finally located the Museum of Everything. It is in London, on Malet Place, and it is called the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Museums, as we know, are compendiums of objects. But the further you travel – physically or conceptually ... Read More...
I’ve been wondering how best to pass the time during the London 2012 Olympics. With the torch relay in a few days time, followed by a number of Olympic events in the surrounding area, there will be road closures and, potentially, gridlock. We will probably be better off staying indoors ... Read More...
With the East End about to host the Olympic Games, Neil Fraser's new book Over the Border: The Other East End tells the story of this overlooked but in fact vitally important area of London. In an exclusive guest post for The Dabbler, the author looks at what 'legacy' - ... Read More...
In which Mr Slang takes stroll through Great Wen, calls for Armageddon... Some Lord’s day. I know not which and care less for I have no time for man-made jacks-in-boxes and believe but in a single rule: that after A comes B and thence to C and thus is the tale ... Read More...
Kensington Gore: Luke Honey takes us on a trip around some London landmarks captured on film and uncovers some strange and groovy goings on down the King's Road... I first noticed him one Saturday morning; about a week or so after moving into my new house in Battersea: a man with ... Read More...
What Dabbler wouldn't like to get paid for being the government's official Curator of Eccentricities? Worm goes in search of the man who had the best job in Britain... When the Festival of Britain landed on the south bank of the Thames in the summer of 1951, Architect and festival director ... Read More...
When I was invited to a preview of independent filmmaker Mike Freedman’s latest documentary, I turned on my SatNav and headed for somewhere in SE11. Manoeuvring into the narrow driveway of what initially looked like a modern housing development, but then appeared to be the entrance to some sort of ... Read More...
The temperature in London rose dramatically on Tuesday, and not simply because the Chelsea Flower Show was such a hot ticket. Walking through the teeming crowds became quite an ordeal in the heat. Despite the ongoing hosepipe ban, nannying announcements were made regularly over the tannoy to remind visitors to ... Read More...
