They build Indistrial Zone off of Crystal Maze on Southbank

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Cock au Van

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Paddington bear statuette stands solitary on the verge of the rubbish tip

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Margravine Cemetery: Wonky

I happen to know that subsidence is a bit of a problem in Hammersmith, probably to do with the geology of a riverside area. But the instability of the terrain is spectacularly evident in the cemetary behind Charing Cross Hospital. Look at the skewiffity:

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There are kissing crosses, tumbled obelisks, undulating grave plots and rickety crosses. This is a freeze-frame still from an earthquake disaster film. And it must be a nightmare for gravediggers, what with the peril of drowning in the quicksand under 6ft.

But somehow there is something wonderfully poetic here. The Edwardian pertness of the writing contrasts with the chaotic dilapidation.

Perhaps someday the council will get round to doing something to level things out. What am I talking about, this isn’t the 19th century where gravediggers would polish their spades at the end of the day. Perhaps this is really what that underlying contrast signifies – the old world of grandiose, sublimely egotistical monuments and the modern world of council budgeting and… well… wonkiness. Anyway, I am glad for a bit of preserved decline: rectilinearity is as boring as school assembly.

Nonsense Bimmer Brits-on-tour, Banùs

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It’s grim up north, so they say. So I am glad to see the ‘Scumball rally’ managed to arrange a Costa del Sol stage. The dent in the side is a nice touch. Brits on tourrrr!

Norwegian lights Jazz Fire in Chinatown whilst pikey dances

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Meat on plate on chair in Korean Grill

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Shepherd’s Bush Market: Meat, Mannequins, Malarky

Plan du Fou

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The most incredible temporary building site office I have ever seen. It is by Hyde Park

Massive development near High Street Ken- but how about this for a site office? It is built over Kensington Road! Epic…

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