Sunday, February 21, 2016

London Bridge to Russell Square

We then took the tube from London Bridge station to the British Museum







Tube passing Covent Garden station



We stopped here for the British Museum


Friday, February 19, 2016

Tower Bridge

We were lucky to catch the lifting of the bridge that day.



Although I have been here for so many times, that was the first time I saw the lift





The lift at its maximum

Saturday, February 13, 2016

The Horniman at Hay's





I came for the Fish and Chips



Delicious!



Mac n Cheese



HMS Belfast
Now a museum, has been permanently moored here since 1971



That was the first time I had my meal next to River Thames



We could see Tower Bridge from here


Hay's Galleria

It was formerly a wharf (known as Hay's Wharf) and a chief delivering point for ships bringing tea to London.






Friday, February 12, 2016

The Queen's Walk

The Queen's Walk runs from Lambeth Bridge to Tower Bridge on the south bank of the River Thames. 



Southwark Bridge





Clink Street



Replica of Golden Hinde
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the world (1577-1580)



Black Egg in front of City Hall



City Hall
Headquarters of the Greater London Authority 


We walked from Tate Modern along the Queen's Walk to Tower Bridge. My mission was to go to the Horniman's at Hay's for Fish and Chips.


Thursday, February 11, 2016

Shakespeare's Globe

This is a reconstruction of the Elizabethan theatre where many of his plays were first performed.








Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Tate Modern 2

It is often said that it is wrong to ask what meaning a piece of art has. One has to try to appreciate art, however difficult it may be. Some art will confuse us while others will amuse us. But I must say you never see art until you visit Tate Modern











London from the air
(before satellite photographs were available)



A calligraphy gone wrong





Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol's famous work of art



Pieces of silverware on a tray?



Possibly made by a carpenter



Carpentry Room



Racks for drying rags





Spatial Concept "Waiting"
(where a cut canvas became art)





I can understand this modern art because it reminded me of the "Ah Longs" 
(illegal money lenders who splash red paint on your door if don't pay up)



No matter how they jumbled the pieces I can tell it is pornographic



The egg is the star of this movie



Canvases painted with different colours are now art



Empty canvases also became art
(Good news to budding artists)



Maybe they serve as backdrop for visitors


To understand the meaning of art, I shall refer to Leo Tolstoy in his treatise What is art?. According to Tolstoy, good art is intelligible and comprehensible. Bad art is unintelligible and incomprehensible. Art is good if it is judged to be good by the majority and to be considered great only if it can be understood by everyone. Therefore, the above are still art even though they are unintelligible and incomprehensible. They are simply bad art.


Sunday, February 7, 2016

Tate Modern

Tate Modern occupies the converted Bankside power station beside River Thames. It has a large collection of modern and contemporary art.



A giant Ginseng?











View of St Paul's Cathedral from the restaurant