Compared to famous Thames landmarks nearby such as the Palace of Westminster, St.Thomas’ Hospital, or the London Eye, Lambeth Palace is the soul of discretion. Low key, modest in height, and hidden behind a veil of green for half the year, the official home of the Archbishops of Canterbury is one of London’s most historic …
Author archives: Patricia Stoughton
On Shifting Sands – a meditation
As each tide recedes along the Victoria Tower Gardens’ foreshore, an island of pale yellow sand is left crowning a beach of multicoloured rubble stones. A golden sliver of sand framed by pebbles and mud,with Nature’s ephemeral artwork briefly sculpted, etched, and swept clean by surging tides, giving for ever fresh canvas for shadows, footsteps, …