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

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

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.

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.

Shakespeare's Globe

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

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.

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