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• The Londoneer - A Retrospective of 2011
  on Dec 31, 2011 in Blogging
  Before the New Year arrives (and a brand new design comes to the blog - you only have 48 hours to wait) I thought I would touch on some of the interesting things that have been featured on the blog over the last twelve months. In no particular ord...
• The Stratford Shoal Starts Construction
  on Dec 31, 2011 in London Locations
  If you're popping over to Westfield in Stratford you might notice that the 377 feet high 'Orbit' sculpture is now nearing completion, with only the fitting out of the observation platform to go. You might also wonder what the steel beams that are app...
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Movie Review
  on Dec 26, 2011 in Movie Reviews
  Guy Ritchie's sequel to last year's Sherlock Holmes blockbuster hit the screens last week, and this is the first opportunity that I've had to see it. 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows', pits Holmes against his arch-enemy against a backdrop of growi...
• Season's Greetings From The Londoneer
  on Dec 25, 2011 in Personal Messages
  A very happy Christmas to all of the readers of the Londoneer blog. I hope you've all been good boys and girls this year and so thoroughly deserve all of the gifts that Santa has brought you in his sack! My own rather German Christmas tree &nbs...
• London's Christmas Lights For 2011
  on Dec 24, 2011 in London Locations
  Earlier in the week I did a quick whistle-stop tour of Oxford St's festive lighting. As you'll see from the album, the big department stores put in a lot of effort this year, although Selfridge's energies seemed to be concentrated in their window di...
• The Pink Singers - 'Comparing Notes' on January 14 January 2012
  on Dec 24, 2011 in Arts and Culture
  Just a quick note to let you know about the winter concert that I will be participating in next month, the Pink Singers 'Comparing Notes', which takes place at Cadogan Hall on Sloane Terrace in the evening of Saturday 14 January. This is my second...
• Sharp Eye 2011 Competition Winners On Show In SW1
  on Dec 24, 2011 in Photography Competitions
  I recently took part in a photographic competition themed around the area where I work, SW1, 'Sharp Eye 2011'. Organised by the local Victoria Business Improvement District, the competition asked people to send in images that depicted various as...
• Another Earth - Movie Review
  on Dec 24, 2011 in Movie Reviews
  'Another Earth' is the first directorial outing for cinematographer Mike Cahill. Centred around a shocking incident which coincides with the appearance of an alternate Earth, it explores the dashed hopes of a budding scientist, Rhoda (played by Brit...
• The Kew Bridge Steam Museum
  on Dec 24, 2011 in London Locations
  Another blog entry from the unpublished visits I made during the late summer, here's a piece on the rather unusual Kew Bridge Steam Museum. Starting its life as a water pumping station all the way back in 1838, it operated until the 1940s in its o...
• The Pink Singers - 'Comparing Notes' on January 14 2012
  on Dec 24, 2011 in Arts and Culture
  Just a quick note to let you know about the winter concert that I will be participating in next month, the Pink Singers 'Comparing Notes', which takes place at Cadogan Hall on Sloane Terrace in the evening of Saturday 14 January. This is my second...

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