Another view of the Thames Barrier gates taken in May and just a couple of days before their 25th anniversary. During that time the gates have been closed 410 times, 296 of those were for testing. That means 114 times London needed the protection from flooding.
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Joy of life? Looks like impish trouble to me.
A fund set up by Constance, who was the then widow of artist Sigismund C H Goetze, paid for this and several other sculptures in London Parks.
Last night hundreds of Harry Potter fans braved the rain, hail and thunder to catch a glimpse of the stars at the premiere of the half-Blood Prince in Leicester Square.
Summer just wouldn't be summer without candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar. What is it called where you come from?
More than half a million people partook and supported London's gay pride parade on Saturday.
London is getting a makeover in time for the 2012 Olympics. This fountain at Marble Arch is one of the many to benefit from extensive work in recent weeks. Doubling as an impromptu swimming pool this week as temperatures in the city soar to mid 30's.
This 6 tonne sculpture by Nic Fiddian-Green appeared at Marble Arch a couple of weeks ago.
"Losing your head" is nowdays about falling in love. Once though it meant having it chopped off, a common practice in France.
The English liked their fun to last a little longer, so hanging was the preferred entertainment, sorry, form of justice here in London. This area was the location of the once infamous Tyburn Tree where some 50,000 executions took place. Afterwards the hangman would sell the rope for 6 pence an inch.
Summer around London is exciting. So much is happening everywhere. For starters there is the City of London Festival. One of those events is this outdoor studio. Richard Tait an artist who specialises in London skylines has created the framework for a cityscape on the hoardings of the construction site next to St Pauls.
You are encouraged to draw a piece or add a bit of colour. Even I added a splodge of red. My talents in this area are less than nil but all you budding artists get down there and have a look and partake.
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Luke asked for a bit of a promotion of his new song. Filmed around Camden, an area known for its market and trendy scene.
Enjoy
The coffers are empty.
Here at Treasury the pot is more than empty. There is a shortfall of something like £17.5 billion.
No worries though Gordon (he's the unelected bloke in charge of the country at the moment) has got a few ideas to fix the problem. A big spend up next year, cos it's election year and to just print more of the stuff.
Meanwhile at the other end of this street lives Liz (she's the one who wears a crown every now and then), seems Gordon wont give her any of this printed stuff to fix up her house.
I figure that as we (that is you and I who pay a wee bit of the tax) seeing as we are in debt for the payout to the bankers of £19 each and Liz costs us a mere .69p each we should fix up her house. I also figured that if every tourist that visits her pad donated £3 each that would be enough to cover the amount she needs.
Otherwise it seems her purse is going to be empty in 2012.
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No I'm not pulling your leg this time. This really is knitting by wind power. Part of the current exhibition of the Royal College of Art in the research section.
This work is the brain child of Merel Karhof.
One of the CDP (City Daily Photo) bloggers who showed his city of Tehran and pictures of demonstrations following the recent elections. We believe he is currently in police custody.
What ever your beliefs, the freedom to take pictures and report events must be defended.
Today CDP bloggers posts are dedicated to this blogger. We want him freed.
The photo above was taken outside the Iranian Embassy in London on Friday.
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A combination celebration. Yesterday a glimpseoflondon was 2 years old. Tomorrow will be my 500th post.
I really must learn what the different cloud formations in London mean. Is tomorrow going to rain or will it be hot again? This view is taken from Black Friars Bridge facing west.
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