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London photos: the floating building in Covent Garden

Fri, Oct 24, 2014

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The enormous piece of installation art is titled “Take My Lightning But Don’t Steal My Thunder,” by artist Alex Chinneck.

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The structure definitely feels like concrete, but apparently it’s made of resin and other lightweight materials, according to The Independent.

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The secret support is hidden in the green cart:

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I just discovered that today was the last day to see it.

London photo: Saturday night in Leicester Square

Thu, Oct 23, 2014

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This was last Saturday night, an unusually warm and dry one for October, and this photo does not convey the insanity of the crowds. I may never go back to Leicester Square on a Saturday night again.

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London photo: “#SAVE KOBANE”

Wed, Oct 22, 2014

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More new anti-ISIS graffiti spotted in Wood Green. (As also seen in yesterday’s photo.)

The balloon image is a separate, older work of graffiti that appeared a month or two ago; I’d photographed it, and it was in my queue of photos to post.

London photo: “STOP ISIS”

Tue, Oct 21, 2014

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This graffiti appeared in Wood Green the other day.

Wood Green is, perhaps not coincidental to this, heavily immigrant, with many residents from the Middle East. There has been lots of public pushback — like from, say, imams and spokespeople from Muslim organizations — in the U.K. against Islamic radical fundamentalism, including ISIS/ISIL, and the radicalization of young British Muslims. So this could be part of that.

London photo: Viggo Mortensen at London Film Festival

Fri, Oct 17, 2014

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I swear that dude in the middle really is Viggo Mortensen, at a public screening tonight of his film Jauja at the London Film Festival.

London photo: everyone wants to see Rosewater at LFF

Tue, Oct 14, 2014

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I wasn’t sure what sort of a draw Jon Stewart would be at the London Film Festival, but there was a huge mob at the press screening of his film.

London photo: pub tip jar hates Justin Bieber

Fri, Oct 10, 2014

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Disclaimer: I do not condone physical violence. (Spotted in a pub in Greenwich.)

London photo: cures wounds & sores

Thu, Oct 09, 2014

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Whatever this remarkable tonic was is now, alas, lost to history. (In Regent Square.)

London photo: clowns to watch you drink in the pub

Wed, Oct 08, 2014

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At The Queens Larder, on Queen Square near Russell Square: Clowns. Looking down on you as you imbibe. Or perhaps to drive you to drink.

London photos: Ian Fleming’s James Bond book bench

Tue, Oct 07, 2014

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Charity venture Books about Town placed 50 benches in the shape of giant books and painted to commemorate all sorts of great British writers around London this summer. The benches were auctioned off this evening. See Books about Town for more info.

I’ve saved my favorite bench for last: the one dedicated to Ian Fleming’s books about James Bond. (Click here for a larger version of the front.)

A closeup of one section of the front:

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