To Be Free

When I was a younger boy I would hold my breath and pretend I was a fish while swimming underwater.


Sometimes I want to do just that.

Disappear into the depths of a less spoilt world.

Forgetting the worlds problems and unnecessary possessions.

This and That Again

Temple

The English headquarters of the Knights Templar leased inns or hostels to groups of lawyers needing somewhere to practice.

St Brides aka Printer's Church

Virginia Dare, the first english child born in America, whose parents were married here. It is said Virginia and her parents disappeared along with the other members of Raleigh's Lost Colony.

Sir Walter Raleigh was given a ten years to establish a settlement in North America by Queen Elizabeth I.

The Fourth Plinth

Sculptor Antony Gormley decided it was time to do something different using the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Click here to watch the sculptor tell you more about his idea.

Watch it live here

This and That

A selection of images from around London.

Monument

The Monument was built as a reminder of The Great Fire of London and is the tallest isolated stone column in the world. Standing at 62m high and 62m away from where the fire stared - at a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, on 2 September 1666. The fire destroyed four-fifths of the city.

St Paul's Cathedral

Performer at Trafalgar Square