Category Archives: A day out

Royal Watercolour Society Family Drawing & Painting Workshop – FOOD!

We had a good time at Bankside Gallery yesterday – Family Workshop on drawing & painting food. Next one in the Autumn – see http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk for details

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Good Friday Walk

Into Soho for a nice coffee and Pain au Raisin at Patisserie Valerie. Bus to Victoria, then a walk down Vauxhall Bridge Road to Tate Modern. Hot cross buns in Regent Street My Great Grandfather, Thomas Goulden, was born here … Continue reading

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Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibition

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The Royal Watercolour Society Open Competition 2013

The successful entries are on show at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH, until the 3 March, from 11-6 every day. You can also see the Prizewinners. The exhibition shows a wide variety of subject matter and style … Continue reading

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Thomas Heatherwick’s 38 bus

My first trip on the new 38 bus! Been going on this route from Angel, Islington to Shaftesbury Avenue for a very long time. The fare was 3d when I first used this bus – Thomas Heatherwick’s new design is … Continue reading

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Sentimental Journey

  The etching above is by Edward Bawden and shows Liverpool Street Station in the 1930’s. This station means a lot to me, because I grew up in Essex and it was the way in to London. We would come … Continue reading

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Snow in London

    Snow in the park and the view from my window 18 January.

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Art Fair in Islington

I must be into multiples – these two pieces caught my eye, but there were paintings too. The Fair is on until Sunday

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A Walk on Hampstead Heath

A quick walk on Hampstead Heath as it was sunny but chilly – it’s good to get out!

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1 December and Where the Borders Meet

At 10am yesterday morning I joined a group of walkers for a fascinating glimpse of what’s happening now around the Olympic Park. The history of lost industries, redevelopment, warehouses becoming exhibition space and artist’s studios and the first day of … Continue reading

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