Old London

New London

Yellow Door

The backstreets of Waterloo.

Green Door

Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

The Tate Turbine Hall is one of my favourite places - with or without art. But I was sceptical about the latest Unilever Installation - Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds - and disappointed that it wasn't possible to interact with the exhibit due to concerns about safety.

But then I watched this video and I suddenly I understood the beauty of the piece - more than one hundred million ceramic seeds, five times Beijing's population and a quarter of China's internet users.

Street Art: New Style

Street Art: Old Style

Welcome to Southwark Underground Station

Shard of Glass

I'd been eager to see the Shard of Glass take shape ever since seeing the first architect's impressions in the Evening Standard about 10 years ago. So I was thrilled to see it emerging from the London Bridge skyline during our recent visit home. Unfortunately it's not universally popular but then you can't please everyone...

Building at Blackfriars

After Lancashire, we headed south to London. There was a lot of construction work going on here and there, despite the financial downturn. Presumably the city is busy getting ready for the 2012 Olympics.

This was Blackfriars Station and the bridge to the south being re-built. Poor old St Paul's was looking quite overshadowed.

Waterloo Sunshine

London from the Air

No snow left down south.