New York to London

One last image for the holiday season before everything returns to dreary wintry darkness…

A modern skyscraper echoes the spires of a medieval cathedral…

This is what the lovely piece of beef from the Christmas Eve butcher’s auction looked like once it had spent a minimal amount of time in the oven.

This clearance party banner is either partly in Welsh, or else there’s a reason why it was only £2.

Apparently all things Japanese were in vogue at the time,hence the paper-lanterned “Christmas tree” here.

Retro living room, part of the history of London domestic life at The Geffrye Museum in East London.

Decorated with foodie goodies, of course.

Enjoying the Christmas fair.

At the annual Christmas Eve meat auction at the butchers Hart of Smithfield, in London’s East End…