This Is London
Taken on 20 July 2019 from Golden Lane Estate on the roof of Great Arthur House, which was the tallest residential building in London when it was completed in 1957.
(Top, looking west, with the BT Tower in the distance; from left, Crescent House; looking southeast, toward the City; looking south-southwest, featuring two of the Barbican’s residential towers and St. Paul’s Cathedral.)
Washed Up
The drying of laundry “highlights a fundamental cultural [difference] between the US and UK that I’d characterize, broadly, as a British inclination to accept things as they are, versus an American inclination to alter and change them.
“ . . . In the face of illness, loss, or heartbreak, the American insistence on looking on the bright side and fixing the problem can feel heartlessly clueless. Some things cannot be fixed.
“But some things absolutely can.”
— Corinne Purtill, Quartz, 21 July 2017
(For the record, we don't have a combination washer-dryer and have heard enough criticism to never buy one.)
Pigeons bathing in a puddle in Fortune Street Park, London.
Some News
I’ll be moving to London later this year as The Times expands its editing and production efforts overseas. Same home page, new time zone. More importantly, it puts me, the Gray Lady and the other lady in my life in the same place at the same time.