Made in Chelsea Halfway down the King’s Road in Chelsea is the Michael Hoppen Gallery at Jubilee Place. A “must visit” here as there is a Jacques-Henri Lartigue exhibition on. JHL (1894–1986) started taking photographs as an eight-year-old. In 2004 the Haywood Gallery...
Food, Glorious Food! Last November, I visited the arches to the north of South Bermondsey and became aware of an expanding stretch of “foodie” arches that traded on Saturdays… Time for a revisit? Dynamic Vines in the old Spa Station arches was the first stop. I...
Way Out West… Most of the 4,400 arches in London are owned by Network Rail, but the ones below the Underground tracks (where the tracks are above ground!) are the property of Transport for London (TfL). The arches on the District/Piccadilly Lines that stretch...
From E8 to V8s… Last October we visited Hackney Downs and came across a vodka distillery being built in a railway arch – hopefully it is finished now, so time for a revisit? Even though we’ve cold-called, Jack and Matt at Our London Vodka invite us in to their...
Camden (Un)Locked… It is the first bright Friday of the year as we set off again into uncharted territory from Camden Road station. Near the station on Randolph Street, we find a guy painting what look like garden screens. It turns out these are high-end props...