The Towers of London

Not a single hint of irony...

Some people...

are only alive because its illegal to shoot them. At the Royal Academy of Art.

Bar Polski

Polish bar behind Holborn tube

Sim and Portia

The Gherkin

The Swiss Re building, otherwise known as the Gherkin, was sold last week to a German real estate agent for £600 million.

Moment in pop culture: the building featured in Woody Allen's Matchpoint, starring Scarlett Johansson. A story of love, compromise, fidelity and utter predictability, I'd certainly recommend it as a film your special Valentine's date will thoroughly enjoy.

Brick Lane

Had a curry with my colleagues at the 'culinary' hotspot of Brick Lane. It was quite good actually, before you even enter the street restaurants try to win your business by offering you a good deal. We got offered free Shilpa's (popadums), 25% discount and no service charge. A great money saver was also the BYO (bring your own) concept which meant you got your beers at the local Tesco and took them in.

The only thing that left a little to be desired for was the toilet at the restaurant. The film Trainspotting comes to mind - it was raining inside the toilets and buckets were lined up to catch the dripping water.

Snow

Snow in London, no snow in the City though- just a wet mess.

Donny Tourette

Donny Tourette on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Boy what a twat, he's been on big brother for all of 2 seconds and now he's in all the free London papers despite the fact that nobody's ever heard a song from his band- the Towers of London. Oh, and his real name isnt Donny Tourette...

Artist's impression

And now I can stop obsessing about that damn painting.

A pile of...

Arsenal's Emirates stadium...

The real deal

David Hockney's Bigger Splash at the Tate Britain - 5 seconds before I got told off for taking a picture.

King's Cross St. Pancras

King's Cross St Pancras station at dusk.

Barbican

Ugly Barbican buildings outside my office.

David Hockney

My new hobby: painting! Although after this is done I wont expect to be painting much more- too much hassle.

Tony and his mobile

Picture of Tony Blair at the temporary Banksy gallery in Oxford Street. Banksy prints were up for sale there, but they were out in a matter of minutes. Dec 1 2006

Banksy near Chalk Farm tube

Monica and Portia pose in front of one of Banksy's more well-known works close to the Chalk Farm tube station. Mid november 2006

N.B. As I hardly have any time/energy to blog anymore I have decided to keep up a 'mobile' blog with snapshots of life in London. (it will also allow me to use up some of the free 30mb of transfers my phone contract offers me each month!)