Quirky Topics

This blog topic is all about London Shoes experience when visiting a recently opened museum type venue in East London – a venue that is connected to an iconic London museum institution. This Shoes article is all about the “V & A East Storehouse” that is situated in the Hackney Wick area of the Queen ...Read more...

On a bitterly cold evening last week, my London Shoes returned once again to a venue that I had visited only a few weeks back – ‘The Finsbury Park Picturehouse’ in the N4 district of North London. To briefly recap on my previous blog article last month, about this venue – the ‘Finsbury Park Picturehouse’ ...Read more...

The other day my London Shoes visited a really unique and unusual venue located down in the Docklands district of East London, that has a really interesting history behind it :– The amazing “BRICK LANE MUSIC HALL” ……. The quest of the Brick Lane Music Hall is to keep the old music hall style of ...Read more...

In keeping with the London Shoes ethos of exploring London’s more unusual, and lesser known history, last week my London Shoes made the short trip from my Romford base, over to Upminster – for the specific purpose of getting a close-up view of a rather controversial symbol that’s been displayed at a particular London tube ...Read more...

A bit delayed publishing this one – but I wanted to get it ‘out there’ as I feel the subject matter definitely warrants its own London Shoes blog. The other week my London Shoes legged it down to a place called ‘Canada Water’ down Rotherhithe way – for the specific purpose of visiting an exhibition ...Read more...

The other day my London Shoes ventured down to the Stratford E15 district of East London, for the specific purpose of checking out a new and unique initiative: – the “DIALOGUE EXPRESS CAFÉ” Based in the Dennison Point Car Park of the massive Carpenters Estate – Stratford E15 – the ‘ Dialogue Express Café ‘ ...Read more...

For the next few blog articles, my London Shoes will be knocking-out some ‘quickies’ in succession – for no particular reason other than that’s just the way the topics in question have presented themselves. Last week on the 27th of August 2025 – a boat, very different from the norm – sailed under Tower Bridge ...Read more...

Last week under an overcast but still warm London sky, my London Shoes headed off ‘up west’ for the specific purpose of tracking down some ‘Turtles’ !!!! The “LONDON-TURTLE TRAIL-2025” hit-the-streets on 16th July and comprises of 16 life size turtle sculptures that are displayed at specific locations throughout specific West End streets. This exhibition ...Read more...

This short ‘n sweet London Shoes blog article is of an unusual and unique London landmark that I always attempt to pop along to, whenever I’m in the vicinity of its location. The “WORD ON THE WATER” is a bookshop operating from a boat that’s moored up on the Regents Canal – alongside Granary Square/Coal ...Read more...

Earlier this week, under a gloriously hot sunny London sky, my London Shoes set-off to the Westminster district of old London town, for the specific purpose of locating a relatively new and quite unusual (for its surroundings) place that I’d recently been made aware of – and here’s how my day unfolded. The ‘Onion Garden’ ...Read more...