The Black Lab

by | Jan 7, 2012 | London Edition, One Shining Moment

Visitors to London from New Zealand are often struck by an interesting paradox. Thinking they are visiting one of the world’s great cultural centres, they assume there will be ready access to good coffee in interesting surroundings. The shock of discovering that...

Morning Brilliance

by | Jan 6, 2012 | London Edition, One Shining Moment

Not to be outdone, nature does its bit and provides me with a brilliant display to wake to each morning. London is actually a pretty sunny place, but (apart from my flat) the English seem to have an aversion to windows and direct sunshine inside. This is what...

A Brutalist Surprise

by | Jan 5, 2012 | London Edition, One Shining Moment

Working right on London’s South Bank is an enormous thrill. Every day I walk out the school gate and into this incredibly vibrant and electric atmosphere – this image is of the Brutalist architecture of the National Theatre lit, as it always is on winter...