London Daily Photo - Spokes

Spokes
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Special Girls

Special Girls
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Garage

Garage
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Free Dolly Parton CD in today's paper

It's now a bit late in the day, but today's The Mail on Sunday comes with a free 12-track Dolly Parton CD. Gotta love Dolly.


Great songwriting/storytelling, a voice as pretty as a babbling brook, and all sorts of other talents: I've been a fan of Dolly all my life. So, I was pleasantly surprised to find this freebie while waiting on queue at my local grocery. It's a decent set of songs too: quality sound, live and studio tracks.

London Lost and Found: Dan's List

How was the Harry Pye exhbition?

I had an opportunity to swing over to Sartorial Contemporary Art in Notting Hill last week to check out the Harry Pye: Me, Me, Me show, and I'm glad I did. Colourful and sardonic, Me, Me, Me consists of ten new paintings, an autobiography and one hour of television. According to Harry, "I have suffered for my art and now it is your turn." The show ends soon (9 March). Sartorial Contemporary Art is open Monday to Saturday 1:30 to 6:30pm.
















Images from left to right: The harder they come, Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, You're the reason my life is a mess, and Lonesome feeling.
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007

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London to host Spanish property exhibition

One of the nicest things about living in London is Spain. Here's some info on an event to help you maximize London's proximity to Spain.

Viva España Show
Olympia Exhibition Centre
16 - 18 March 2007

"A warm Spanish welcome awaits" at the world's largest celebration of Spanish food, wine, lifestyle, property, travel and culture for three days of flamenco dancing, live music and Spanish cooking. Features include:

Travel & Tourism
Food & Wine
Lifestyle & Culture
Property & Services

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London Daily Photo - Lateral

Lateral
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Private

Private
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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"Fine art with lashings of sex" at the Barbican

Under-18s are banned from x-rated exhibition
Nigel Reynolds
Telegraph
Last Updated: 1:58am GMT 22/02/2007

Called Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now, the exhibition will show more than 250 objects - ranging from statues, carvings and reliefs from classical Greece and Rome to contemporary work by Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs of homosexual acts cause controversy whenever they are shown, and images from the American Jeff Koons's Made in Heaven series, showing his former wife, Cicciolina, an ex-porn star and erstwhile Italian MP, having sex.

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London Daily Photo - Off Rosebery

Off Rosebery
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Busloads of calamari for everyone!

Admittedly, this BBC article has nothing to do with London. However, I couldn't resist posting the London Bus size comparison chart - it's brilliant!

Super squid surfaces in Antarctic
A colossal squid has been caught in Antarctic waters, the first example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean.
By Kim Griggs in Wellington
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 15:13 GMT 16:13 UK














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London well represented among world's best restaurants

With 11 restaurants (14 total in England) among the world's top 50, London appears to be an appetizing place to be! Here's the breakdown (for London and England):

1. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, Britain

6. Gordon Ramsay, London, Britain

8. Tom Aikens, London, Britain

10. St John, London, Britain

18. Sketch (Gallery), London, Britain

19. The Waterside Inn, Bray, Britain

20. Nobu, London, Britain

27. The Connaught, London, Britain

28. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxford, Britain

30. Hakkasan, London, Britain

41. The Wolseley, London, Britain

43. Yauatcha, London, Britain

44. The Ivy, London, Britain

47. Le Gavroche, London, Britain

World’s Top 50 Restaurants 2005
Worldpress.org
May 30, 2005

Europe-based Restaurant Magazine recently revealed the 50 Best Restaurants in the World for 2005, chosen by an international panel of more than 600 impossible-to-please restaurateurs, chefs, food critics and industry experts.

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A New World: England’s first view of America (at the British Museum)

A New World: England’s first view of America
15 March – 17 June 2007
British Museum
Room 5
Book exhibition tickets now


A New World looks at the lasting impact John White's watercolours had on the Old World's impression of America. His legacy continued for over 250 years after his death thanks to the reproduction and adaptation of his work by later artists, a selection of which is displayed in the exhibition.




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London Daily Photo - Slope

Slope
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London to become Surf City?

Indoor surfing centre for London Indoor surfing centre for London
An huge indoor surf park boasting machine-generated waves is being planned for London. An huge indoor surf park boasting machine-generated waves is being planned for London.
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 19:31 GMT










The Surfdome, the first of its kind in Europe, will feature a 75m long pool recreating perfect surfing waves ... Discussions have been taking place with developers in Stratford, Greenwich in east London and Wembley, north London, for a suitable site in the city.

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London Daily Photo - Borough of Finsbury Ladies

Borough of Finsbury Ladies
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Tate Modern second most visited venue in UK

Tate Modern sees visitor increase
Tate Modern is the second most visited venue in the country with 4.9m visitors, according to new research.
BBC News
Published: 2007/02/21 09:02:44 GMT

The site, in London's South Bank, saw an increase of 21% in the number of its visitors compared to 2005 ... Among the least visited attractions were the National Museum of Costume in Scotland and the National Wool Museum in Wales.

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Tate Modern Chimney
Photograph by Tiki Chris © 2007

David Bray's 'Catford Classic' at StolenSpace

David Bray 'Catford Classic'
23 February - 11 March

StolenSpace Gallery
Dray Walk
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
United Kingdom

View location on: Google map
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street or Aldgate East
Print directions (PDF)

+44 (0) 207 2472684
info@stolenspace.com
www.StolenSpace.com
StolenSpace on MySpace
StolenSpace on Flickr

Open:Tue - Friday 11:00am - 9:00pm
Sa - Sun 10:00am - 6:30pm

London Daily Photo - No Naked Light

No Naked Light
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Clerkenwell Screws

Clerkenwell Screws
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

London in Song and Video ...

I am in paradise





Here's another clip of the song, this one featuring Ray Davies singing and playing an acoustic guitar and accompanied by a pianist.

London Daily Photo - Farringdon Monster

Farringdon Monster
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Holborn Monster

Holborn Monster
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Temporal Vision

Temporal Vision
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Closed

Closed
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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How was the Hoo Wot opening?

Hoo Wot - the owl art show - opened last night at the Dragon Bar on Leonard Street.














Free drinks, great art, a live owl, and tons of people ... and all for a good cause! Sounds like a party.















Exhibiting artists include:
Paul Insect, Kid Acne, Dscreet, Cept, Josie Willey, Renee So, Marcus Oakley, Matt Sewell, Cat Johnston, EMA, Mine Clothing, Neurotica, Owl Movement, Cable Street, Eco, Dabs, Joseph Allen, Dcide, Dvate, Chum 101, Chimp, Pinky, Mia, Claire Baker, Dylan Martorell, Tenko, Showchicken, PMH, Willow Berzin, Jennifer Lewin and more!

Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007

The show runs for another two weeks and is definitely worth a look-see.
Click here for details.

Happy Valentine's Day from ontoLondon!

Happy Valentine's Day from ontoLondon!

Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007 taken with permission at
McQueen's
126 St John St
London EC1V 4JS
+44 (0)20 7251 5505
www.mcqueens.co.uk

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London Daily Photo - Skull Tag

Skull Tag
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Beard Papa's in town and suddenly Oxford Street is a lot more delicious!

If someone had asked if I wanted to head over to Berwick to pick up some cream puffs, I would have declined. Similarly, had I been asked if I wanted to visit Oxford Street to check out the new Beard Papas, I would have just been perplexed.

Now, if somebody had said some of the best custard filled pastries on the planet are now readily accessible and for sale at the corner of Berwick and Oxford, I'd have said, 'Let's go!' which is just what I did when I read about the London opening of Japanese cream puff meisters Beard Papa's over at Londonist.

Love custard? Visit! This hirsute daddy makes the best I've ever tasted.











Don't live in London? Papa's got locations in California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and plenty more throughout Asia.

By the way guys, bringing home a box of these might be a nice alternative to the standard box of chocolates for Valentine's Day.

LMF (Last Friday of the Month)

Last Friday of every month is LMF at Jaguar Shoes - a night of music based on the six degrees of separation, hosted by Lord PMH and his battalion of DJ's from all arena's. It’ll make your eyes water and ears bleed.

Next one is 23 February.

London Daily Photo - Superimposed

Superimposed
Photography by Emiana © 2007
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Hogarth now open at Tate Britain

Hogarth: The Artist and the City
7 February - 29 April 2007
Tate Britain
Millbank
London SW1P 4RG

Social commentary so sharp it bites, Tate Britain's Hogarth exhibition has already been a complete sell out in Paris and is tipped to be the show of the year here too. (Times)

Embracing everything from the satirical to the salacious, Hogarth provides a portal to an 18th century metropolis. His luscious paintings invite us to "walk in Londo's streets, plunging into the city's smells, tastes, sights and sounds." (Guardian)

Carouse with William Hogarth at Tate Britain. A rollicking show of the great chronicler of Georgian life - high and low. (Telegraph)

The godfather of British satire. (Independent)

Click here for more details.

stolenspace.COM (just passing the word on)

StolenSpace, the gallery, has been around for seven years. In the brief time I've known about them, I've been impressed. Located at the back of the Old Truman Brewery, the gallery is a pretty convenient visit when idling about Brick Lane, Sunday (Up)Market, and Spitalfields on Sundays.

Recently, StolenSpace launced their website - www.StolenSpace.com - which is "not totally finished, but she floats." They plan to update the site weekly.

So there. Even less reason to be without plans and bored in London.

StolenSpace Gallery
Dray Walk
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
United Kingdom

View location on: Google map
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street or Aldgate East
Print directions (PDF)

+44 (0) 207 2472684

info@stolenspace.com
www.StolenSpace.com
StolenSpace on MySpace
FStolenSpace on Flickr

Open:
Tue - Friday 11:00am - 9:00pm
Sa - Sun 10:00am - 6:30pm

Prince Harry et al at l’esculsivo Mahiki Club

Wow. Rich and powerful people at Mahiki. Even the Italian papers are taking notice. Thanks to Emiana for pointing me in the direction of these articles.

Harry out on the town... again
By JAMIE PYATTand TOM REILLY
Sun Online
February 08, 2007

[Prince Harry] ... arrives at trendy Mahiki nightclub in London’s Mayfair with 15 pals including Guy Pelly and ex-girlfriend Natalie Pinkham. They meet Madonna and hubby Guy Ritchie in club. Glamour model Dita Von Teese and Big Brother’s Donny Tourette, from punk band Towers of London, are also present.

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Principe Harry, notte brava con Madonna
Dallo stadio alla festa in discoteca con la popstar: la nottata del giovane Windsor (annaffiata dall'alcol) raccontata dal Sun
Corriere della Serra
09 febbraio 2007

Alle 22 Harry lascia il terreno di gioco e un’ora e mezzo dopo, presumibilmente rimandati i commilitoni in caserma, si presenta all’esculsivo Mahiki Club insieme a 15 amici tra cui la ex Natalie Pinkham (la fidanzata Chelsy Davy è impegnata in un lungo viaggio); tra gli altri clienti Madonna con il marito Guy Ritchie e la modella Dita von Teese.

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London Daily Photo - Neckface the Ripper

Neckface the Ripper
Photography by Emiana © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Door at Magma Books

Door at Magma Books
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - High Voltage

High Voltage
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo - Danger of Death

Danger of Death
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London snow day - some photos

So the "big snow storm" turned to slush pretty quickly. Still, it was pretty for a short time early this morning. Here are some pics. Enjoy.

Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Back to the Pie and Mash

... except this time I visited a new place - F. Cooke on Broadway Market (don't worry - I fully intend to pop round to my local, Clark's, soon).















I first spotted F. Cooke a few days ago while roaming around the area and knew I'd have to return soon. A step through the door and I was transported to another time ... a time I know little about but nonetheless elicits an intense feeling of nostalgia within me.

The food was simple, ample, inexpensive and better than I'd expected. Of course, I got the pie and mash and was surprised by how crisp and delicious the pie crust was. I followed up with hot fruit pie (apple) and was again pleasantly surprised. I now wish that I had brought a few home with me for the week.



















Definitely pay F. Cooke a visit, if but to sit in its stark tiled room of homey austerity and stoic charm. Try to go on a sunny day and to sit facing the window with the light streaming in. If cloudy on your visit, sit with your back to the window and admire the portrait of Diana, "the people's princess."

Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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