The Spaces In-Between...One of the most calming and imaginative spaces in London, an absolute must visit. Also a good place to sit and chill between activities!
Outernet London #London #Walkabout #August #Thursday #London Town #CharingCrossRoad #Artwork
A man reading a book outside Foyles, on Charing Cross Road, London in 1936. #foyles #thirties #charingcrossroad #london #oldlondon #englishhistory
Elegant Facade
(Charing Cross Road, London, September 2023)
#photography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #architecture photography #architecture #facade #CharingCrossRoad #London
Belle Baker
BIRTH: 23 Dec 1893
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
DEATH: 29 Apr 1957 (aged 63)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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#OTD #BelleBaker #singer #actress #RedHotMama #SongOfLove #CharingCrossRoad #AtlanticCity
#HiddenLondon If you look down the grating island that divides Charing Cross Road you will see two tiled Victorian street names set into the wall below ground level. Bearing the faded name of Little Compton Street.
#LittleComptonStreet #London #CharingCrossRoad #LookDown #Secret
Fantastic value at Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger on the Charing Cross Road, £16 for a vegan burger and fries, just around the corner from Leicester Square! 🇬🇧 Great atmosphere and love the graffiti! #leicestersquare #london #LDN #charingcrossroad #streetburger #gordonramsay
Centre Point through a wet window looks like a painting.
The modernist London landmark at the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, seen from the top deck of a 38 bus in light rain.
#ThebestseatinLondon #centrepoint #oxfordstreet #charingcrossroad #architecture
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
#coraline #NeilGaiman #signedfirstedition #booksbooksbooksandmorebooks #charingcrossroad #bookshopsoftheworld #henrypordesbooks #fantasy #horror
Ought we to be drunk every night?’ Sebastian asked one morning.’
‘Yes, I think so.’
‘I think so too.’
Our copy of Brideshead Revisited is an early American edition.
#henrypordesbooks #charingcrossroad #evelynwaugh #bridesheadrevisited #rarebooks
thanks to Foyles Bookshop main London #Superstore bookshop for keeping my “(very long)” - (Guardian Books novel #TheStoryOfJohnNightly on their shelves in the main shop in #CharingCrossRoad #musicstory @TheBookseller #tottaylorbook #tottaylorsong #songwriter
Strong presence for #CaledonianRoad by Andrew O'Hagen in Foyles Bookshop #CharingCrossRoad - good to see #books ellers & #publishers being more adventurous in the promotion of #books
“Will you let me go for Christ's sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?” This is a first UK edition with a crisp dust jacket. #deathofasalesman #arthurmiller #firstedition #play #theatre #american #henrypordesbooks #charingcrossroad #rarebooks
Mrs Beeton’s “Every day cookery and housekeeping book: an entirely new edition revised and greatly enlarged with coloured plates and engravings.” #cookery #mrsbeeton #food #oldbooks #rarebooks #henrypordesbooks #charingcrossroad #bookstagram #bookshopcrawl