Category Archives: London

Thread of Life

Posted on December 15, 2020 by besonian

A short walk from where I live, there is an attractive area of green, dotted with low trees, that lies between a road and a row of quite smart modernish houses. I was crossing that green the other day when … Continue reading →

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Listen to the Birds

Posted on January 20, 2020 by besonian

I will remember the December just gone as having been mostly grey and grim. And wet. On many days, in the little park below my kitchen window, the leaden skies seemed to hang so low they could hardly have been … Continue reading →

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Again I say it – the human race is insane.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by besonian

1. Dawn over London At about seven o’clock this morning I spent a few minutes looking out on the scene from my kitchen window. As I’ve said elsewhere in this blog, I live in a flat on the sixth floor. It overlooks … Continue reading →

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Views, Thoughts from a London Window

Posted on August 28, 2011 by besonian

The weather this morning is beautiful. It’s not hot – indeed it’s not particularly warm as yet – but the air is clear, the sun is shining and there are puffy white clouds scurrying across a pale blue sky. The … Continue reading →

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Blackberries, damsons and the declining year

Posted on August 22, 2011 by besonian

Yesterday was the first time this year that I’ve noticed it, with the lowering sun, the lengthening shadows and that sense of gentle quietness in the atmosphere. Almost as though there’s a slight, deadening filter on all sounds – the … Continue reading →

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Yet another London riot

Posted on August 15, 2011 by besonian

Rioting again broke out in London this last Saturday. It occurred in a small area of parkland in the SE19 district, known commonly as Crystal Palace. Thousands of people of all ages, even including small children and the elderly, were … Continue reading →

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Riots in the UK

Posted on August 10, 2011 by besonian

So, here on the Little Island, the hooded monsters have finally arisen from the depths of the council estates and wreaked a vicious, sad, destructive and ultimately pointless vengeance. I say ‘finally’ because this mayhem was on the cards at … Continue reading →

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