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I decided to spend one day in York which is around two and half hours away from London by train. I left London very early and travelled across the misty hills and fields of North England. The city was covered in the mist when I arrived. It was such a […]
I put together another video from my time in the Lake District. This time I took a bus from Windermere to Keswick, and I went for a walk around Derwentwater. I then took a bus to Ullswater and Aira Force Waterfall. Next day I took a ferry from Windermere to […]
The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. – William Wordsworth In October I visited the Lake District. On my first day I visited the beautiful village of Grasmere, the famous Gingerbread shop that has been selling its produce since the […]
I visited Cambridge one Saturday in October. I loved autumnal colours of the season and I enjoyed the cosy weather very much. I took a train from London King’s Cross in the early morning and I was able to experience a train journey through the foggy fields and hills of […]
Recently I have visited the British Museum on a few Friday evenings and recorded some snapshots for my memories. I have not visited all the rooms in the museum yet but I’ll visit it again soon and will record more. In the meantime I hope you will enjoy this little […]
Over the past few weeks of July and August I made a few recordings of my wanderings around London. I spent some time in Shoreditch, East London in the place called Arnold Circus which has been my favourite reading spot for the last ten years. I also visited Eastern Curve […]
I hope you all are enjoying summertime wherever you are. I have taken a few recordings of my wanderings around London over the period of the last few months. I also included a video of my visit to Eel Pie Island which used to be an important artistic hub, especially […]
I have prepared a list of 20 bookstores and literary places in London that every bibliophile should visit. I tried to put them in the order based on their proximity to each other. Undeniably London has always had an immense significance as a literary hub and provided so much inspiration […]
I hope you all are doing well and stay healthy. I am sharing this little video of London during late autumn months. In the last few weeks I visited the Rare Books Fair held at the Chelsea Old Town Hall, and while in Chelsea I went to see one of […]
Last Friday I went for a one-day trip to Oxford.. I took a train from London Marylebone Station shortly after 7:00 am and I arrived in Oxford shortly after 8:00 am at the time when the city was slowly waking up. Upon my arrival in Oxford I went to the […]