I don’t know about you, but I’ve found it rather difficult to feel very ‘Christmassy’ this year. However, the Christmas lights are beginning to cheer me up and here is my selection (plus a fascinating visit I made to Somerset House).
I’ll start with one of my favourites – hats off to Chartered Accountants Hall …
I think those icicles look really authentic …
Then there’s this installation at City Point …
And on the St Alphage Highwalk overlooking the Salters’ Hall garden. This one is constantly changing …
A profound message on the green wall nearby …
Onward to Spitalfields Market …
And Bishopsgate …
And Broadgate …
Here’s a small Christmas tree selection, starting with City of London Girls’ School …
Wood Street …
St Giles Church …
King’s Cross Station …
The Courtauld Gallery …
And Somerset House with the skating rink in the background …
What was I doing at Somerset House?
Visiting the Beano Exhibition of course. Here’s edition Number 1 …
There are reckoned to be only 25 copies still in existence and one sold in 2015 for £17,300.
I laughed out loud at this imagining of how the Bash Street Kids turned out 30 years on. Especially Smiffy!
There’s a first edition of the Dandy on display also …
In 2004 a copy fetched £20,350. Only 10 copies of the comic’s first edition are known to exist, but the free gift metal whistler sold in the auction is the only one to have survived.
It’s a great exhibition, highly recommended …
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