Reporting today from the three-way intersection between theme parks, Japanophilia and deserted buildings. The Japanese for ruins is ‘Haikyo’, and it also refers to the hobby of photographing abandoned architecture. Photographed by Michael John Grist, this Jungle theme park was abandoned 7 years ago. On his site he explains that during the 1980s boom, when […]
I had a day off today, and finally got around to doing a bit of local snooping that’s been on my to-do list for ages. My bus passes this side street off Lewisham Way every day, and I’ve always been curious about this little terrace of what look like backwards houses. A bit of internet […]
And, the journey to becoming my Mother is complete as I find myself caring as much about my garden as my house, carry a notebook for taking down the names of plants I discover and bore my partner rigid with talk of ‘look at the agapanthus!’ when we’re in the car, on the train, on […]
Oh how I fantasize about making my living by buying charming old tat and selling it on, either at a market or in my imaginary shop. Well I’ve just got addicted to a blog by a girl who’s living the dream. Jo Waterhouse lives on a narrow-boat in East London and runs a market stall […]
This Saturday I went to the exciting Lewisham event in Lewisham – my ‘hoods’ very first Farmer’s Market. Get us and our ascent to chi-chi-ville. Next it’ll be a dedicated cupcake shop opening (and closing again). Ah, Farmer’s Markets. Where else can you smell 20 types of herbed olives and a nappy being changed at […]