So much a part of the scenery, yet often only featuring in the background of photos, the elegant lanterns lining the Thames deserve a closer look by day and by night. From the Chelsea Embankment, downstream along the Albert and Victoria Embankments to the Tower of London, here are some of the lamps that have …
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In Search of the Soul
From the photographs of Ruth Wadey, who watches over the Thames in its neatly framed borders at Twickenham, to Ian Tokelove and the Psychojographer, whose work evokes the open stretches and wildness of the Estuary, I have sensed something of the soul of the Thames. Individual and differing relationships with the river vary greatly and …