Monday 28th February

It's a Norwegian Blue, pining for the fjords, in Hatchards bookshop, Piccadilly.

Sunday 27th February

The Chuckle Brothers (Barry and Paul) with my daughter Ellie in their dressing room at the New Theatre, Oxford. We were there with a film crew, as I interviewed Paul and Barry for Chatoon.

Saturday 26th February

Six nations cheese on a day of rugby. Stilton (Eng), Mull of Kintire Cheddar (Sco), Cashel Blue (Irl), Taleggio (Ita), Brie (Fra), Goats cheese (Wal)

Friday 25th February

Remains of the night before, not breakfast.

Thursday 24th February

Salmon Chanted Evening....

Wednesday 23rd February

Either the IKEA warehouse in Edmonton, or the closing scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, or both.

Tuesday 22nd February

No connection to the Mayor of London, or anything like that. Completely different spelling and value.

Monday 21st February

Just waiting for my special bolognese sauce...

Sunday 20th February

Sack the signwriter at Next Homestore (or the Marketing Manager, or the proofreader, etc, etc..)

Saturday 19th February

Well, this is rather obvious. It's the HQ of The Guardian and The Observer, King's Place, York Way, London

Friday 18th February

The Monto Water Rats Theatre Bar in Grays Inn Road, London. A venue known by young music fans for miles around, mainly featuring indie bands and singers. Katy Perry played here in 2008, Jonathan Richman last year. You never know who will turn up. The Blockheads are playing a few nights in July.

Thursday 17th February

Amazing blue windows in a pre-war telephone exchange in Harrison Street near Kings Cross. Former site of the Olive Branch pub, apparently.

Wednesday 16th February

The York Water Gate, in Embankment gardens, near Charing Cross. This remnant of Italianate architecture was origianlly on the riverbank, before the embankment was constructed. Built in around 1626, it is attributed to Inigo Jones, and originally formed the entrance to York House, used by Charles I.

Tuesday 15th February

Cleopatra's needle (with seagull atop). There are three of these, in London, New York and Paris. The first two are a pair from the same archaeological site in Egypt. However, all three pre-date Cleopatra's reign by a thousand years, dating from 1450BC in Heliopolis. The current site is close to the Embankment underground station. The obleisk was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali (honestly), in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. However, the British governemnt declined to pay for transport until 1877, when Sir William Wilson put up ten thousand pounds to pay for the delivery. On the way, the transport ship foundered in the Bat of Biscay, and six men drowned, commemorated by a brass plaque on the base of the monument.

Monday 14th February

Elms Lesters in Flitcroft Street, London, looking towards a refurbished office block in New Oxford Street. Purpose built in 1904 as a scenic painting studio, the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms are part of London's theatrical heritage. Visitors have included Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy in the first half of the 20th century to Blur, Kylie Minogue, Mariah Carey, Diana Rigg, Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh, the cast of The League of Gentlemen, Pharrell Williams and N*E*R*D, Kings of Leon,and Hot Chip more recently. The expert painters produce scenic paintings 40ft by 50ft, under daylight from a 40ft wide glass roof.

Sunday 13th February

A wonderful fresh display of Cavolo Nero at Carluccios in Covent Garden

Saturday 12th February

You can see where this is. It's London's oldest theatre site. The first of four different theatre buildings was erected here in 1663. (The Globe is a modern replica of an older theatre, but is not on the original site).

Friday 11th February

Google reception, London.

Thursday 10th February

Boris Bikes, but no Boris.

Wednesday 9th February

A piece of horological history in a house in Berkeley Square, London.

Tuesday 8th February

Not Nelson's column, but nor far away, in Pall Mall (It's Frederick, Duke of York)

Monday 7th February

Derek "Degsy" Hatton shares some stories over lunch.

Sunday 6th February

An Olympic Stadium, but not that one...

Saturday 5th February

An apt quote outside the British Library, Euston Road

Friday 4th February

A very, very thin house. Those Victorians hardly ate anything.

Thursday 3rd February

A rare sight in London - a sign on a scrapyard in Bermondsey

Wednesday 2nd February

The Millennium (Wobbly) Bridge across the Thames from Bankside to St Pauls

Tuesday 1st February

A skylight over a hothouse of entrepreneurs, York Road, Kinds Cross, London