Skip to content

Pete's Favourite Things

Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

Category: London

Statues and Monuments: Newton

This Statue of Issac Newton is by Eduardo Paolozzi and was installed in 1995 outside the British Library. It is … More

Isaac Newton, statues and memorials in London

Tower of London (3): A Royal Menagerie

As you prepare to enter the Tower across the moat, you pass the remains of the Royal Menagerie. It was … More

Tower of London

London Churches: St Mary Abchurch

St Mary Abchurch Photo by Ben Rimmer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rimski/) Despite its location just off of the main thoroughfare of Cannon Street … More

St Mary Abchurch

Statues and Monuments: Gift Horse

The  Gift Horse by Hans Haacke is currently on display on the ‘fourth plinth’ in Trafalger Square, It depicts a skeletal … More

statues and memorials in London, Trafalger Square

Tower of London (2)

The moat surrounding the Tower of London was originally built by Henry III as a defensive ditch rather than a … More

Tower of London

Tower of London (1)

  The Tower of London lies at the eastern end of the medieval walled city. Its foundation dates from 1066, … More

Tower of London

Statues and Monuments: Peter Pan

  Peter Pan, the boy who would never grow up, comes from the story of the same name by the … More

Peter Pan, statues and memorials in London

Statues and Monuments: Sir Joshua Reynolds

  Joshua Reynolds was born in July 1723 in Devon. He attended a local grammar school where he developed an … More

Joshua Reynolds, St Paul's Cathedral, statues and memorials in London

Invasion of the Parakeets

A few mornings ago a ‘squadron’ of Ring-necked Parakeets raided our garden feeders.

Ring-Necked Parakeet

London Churches: All Hallows by the Tower

  The history of All Hallows dates back to Saxon times when a small wooden church was built here by … More

All Hallows by the Tower

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Top Posts & Pages

  • The Blue Tit landing on......
  • Roman London
  • Badgers
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 11
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 14
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 5
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 6
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 7
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Black Prince
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 13
  • Bluebell Railway: Giants of Steam (2): LNER B12 8572
  • Bletchley Park revisited (5): The dispatch rider
  • Nature amidst the Tower blocks
  • So that's why its called Crittalls Corner
  • A Town of Shoes
  • Highlights of 2023 (6): Butterflies of Hutchinsons Bank
  • Statues and Memorials in London: Tower Hill Sundial
  • Tower of London (9): The Cradle Tower
  • Swindon Great Western Railway works
  • Grace Darling

Posts

April 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930  
« Mar    

Archives

Categories

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Pete's Favourite Things
    • Join 354 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Pete's Favourite Things
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...