Passenger Air Bridge at Gatwick Airport

Every time I pass through Gatwick Airport, I hope to travel over this giant passenger bridge. I've never seen anything like it. It's huge.

The largest of its type in the world, the bridge links the 1980s-era North Terminal with Pier 6, added in 2005. Escalators ascend passengers to the height of the bridge, and travelators assist with movement across the bridge. The tremendous height is necessitated to allow aircraft tail fin to pass under the bridge.

Oh yeah, and that's the plane that took me to Barcelona last summer.

Only In Soho

Only in Soho - London's central station of sin - is it necessary to affix a sign to the front door of a sleek townhouse, that reads:
THIS IS NOT A BROTHEL
THERE ARE NO PROSTITUTES
AT THIS ADDRESS

Storyboard from The Shining

The most curious thing happened yesterday when my e-mail account was bombarded with messages from Flickr telling me that people had commented on, or favourited, my photograph of a storyboard from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, that I snapped at the Barbican Arts Centre a few months back.

I discovered from the Flickr stats that two Kubrick sites had linked to my photograph, which might account for why this photo received 7000 hits in something like 12 hours. I'm astounded by the figure. Are there that many Kubrick fans who consult a fan site on a daily basis? Amazing!

Kevin Rudd at the LSE

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is on a whirlwind world tour. This morning he had lunch with Gordon Brown, followed by lunch with the Queen at Windsor Castle, before presenting a public lecture at the London School of Economics, which I attended. He was rather dull, dry, and monotonous - as politicians tend to be, I guess - when giving his speech... yet rather funny when speaking off-the-cuff and answering questions.

The Olympic Torch Relay Fiasco

On the day that London turned white under a few inches of snow, the Olympic torch relay came to town, accompanied by the Chinese secret service thugs in funny blue tracksuits. When I realised the torch was traveling within 200 metres of my flat, I ran down to Bayswater Road with only a minute to spare before its arrival. The photos I snapped are on Flickr, and can be viewed in a slideshow.

Spring Snow

Even though it's spring, and even though it's been a fairly mild winter, the UK experienced a cold snap this weekend, and snow fell on London. I had no idea this was forecast... so you can imagine my surprise when I emerged from Fire nightclub in Vauxhall, in the not-so-wee hours of this morning, to discover that sleet and snow was falling on London! Here is the view from my flat earlier today.

Later in the day, I walked over to Kensington Gardens and the Palace to play in the snow. All my photos are on Flickr and can be viewed in a slideshow.

Red Arrows Buzz London

The Red Arrows, in formation with four Typhoon aircraft, flew over London today to mark the Royal Air Force's 90th anniversary. The banks and bridges of the Thames were lined with office workers for this event... which lasted around fifteen seconds.