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Author archives: Patricia Stoughton

A moat of flowers

There have been numerous events and celebrations in 2022 to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee but this has to be one of my favourites: Superbloom in the Tower of London’s moat. Twenty million seeds from twenty-nine flower species were planted earlier in the year to create a “floral tribute to Her Majesty”. And now the …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton10th July 20228th July 2022Posted inEbb & Flow

The Tudor Pull

All seemed quiet on the river after a couple of sight-seeing boats passed beneath Lambeth Bridge on their way upstream. Then a flash of gold and a scene reminiscent of Canaletto’s eighteenth century ‘The Thames on Lord Mayor’s Day’ slowly materialised as a flotilla of canopied cutters under oar made their way downstream from Vauxhall …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton26th June 202226th June 2022Posted inEbb & Flow

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