Tag Archives: Blackfriars Bridge

I Spy Spooky

A typical lunch hour in London:
Walking onto Blackfriars Bridge, avoiding the closed pavements due to station refurbishment, I walk past Bobby Gillespie, singer in popular blues and electronica group Primal Scream. There is no mistaking Gillespie, he always appears incredibly greasy and gaunt, a man who has had an eventful life and could be very […]

Doves and Monkeys

I saw a tribe of moneys in central London yesterday. I admit that I often have a little difficulty discerning most humans from base primates but these were the real thing. (‘The Bass Primates – great name for a band’ – funked-up Ed.)
They were clinging to the side of the Unilever building near Blackfriars Bridge. The […]