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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 29/09/2026

#LondonPics 83 The iconic mock-Tudor hut in the centre of Soho Square Gardens was built in 1925 as an architectural disguise for an underground electricity substation. It's now Grade II listed.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 27/09/2026

#LondonPics 82 Lights and their reflections at Conduit Court Passage, off Long Acre near Covent Garden.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 27/09/2026

#LondonPics 81 This bench is in the Lloyd's Register Building before the Chairman's Office. It was designed by the sculptor Frank Lynn Jenkins who designed the sweeping bronze frieze on the first-floor landing and the sculpture "The Spirit of British Maritime Commerce" at the top of the staircase.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 27/09/2026

#LondonPics 80 This is the clock tower at Hampton Court Palace featuring a magnificent 16th century astronomical clock. The clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse to the inner court and it is still functioning - albeit with parts replaced.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 26/09/2026

#LondonPics 79 These two photos really don't do justice to the gem that is St Mary le Strand. It's stunning in detail and scale. The original church building was demolished in 1549 to make way for Somerset House. The new church was consecrated in 1724.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 26/09/2026

#LondonPics 78 The always vibrant Chinatown. I go for the supermarkets, but most go to find and experience authentic East and Southeast Asian cuisine in the very heart of London.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 26/09/2026

#LondonPics 77 Blackfriars Bridge during the Totally Thames Festival, with St Paul's Cathedral dome in the background. Turning the Tide was a public film and projection installation by Turner Prize-nominated artist Catherine Yass, displayed on the disused columns in the river during the festival.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 26/09/2026

#LondonPics 76 This amazing stained-glass window, in the style of a porthole, is on the staircase at the Lloyd's Register Building - founded as the Register of Shipping.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 26/09/2026

#LondonPics 75 This is 59 Greek Street in Soho - recently painted pink on what is now a shop on part of the ground floor. A bit of social and philanthropic history this time.... My interest in this was that The Soho Club and Home for Working Girls was founded here by Maude Stanley in 1883.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 25/09/2026

#LondonPics 74 Biggest door stop I've ever seen! 6ft? This character is at the Edgar Wallace pub in Devereux Court. Caught my eye with a pop of colour and a little fun in the serious legal district.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 25/09/2026

#LondonPics 73 This is Time Terminus by the artist, Lodewyk Pretor and was put outside Leytonstone tube station in 1999. The cone on the top was a recent addition and not part of the artwork!

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 24/09/2026

#LondonPics 72 Church of St Mary and St Joseph, a distinctive Roman Catholic parish church in Poplar. Designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott (younger brother of Giles who was the designer of Battersea Power Station and the iconic K2 red telephone box) and consecrated in 1960, it's now Grade II-listed.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 24/09/2026

#LondonPics 71 St Paul's Cathedral last week. Art piece called The Point of Unity and Soul by Mykola Kabluka

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 20/09/2026

#LondonPics 70 I know it is another ceiling, but I really love this one at Temple Church. Built by the Knights Templar in the 12th century, birthplace of Magna Carta, chapel of the Inner and Middle Temples, and steeped in history. Do go and visit - especially when they have their history talks on

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 20/09/2026

#LondonPics 69 Victorian "Dolphin lamp standards" provide light on different parts of the Embankment. This is on the north side by Lambeth Palace. Installed by the Metropolitan Board of Works around 1870.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 19/09/2026

#LondonPics 68 This is the beautiful Pond Garden at Hampton Court Palace - with the Little Banqueting House in the background. The Pond Garden was originally built in the 1530s as freshwater fish ponds for King Henry VIII, like carp and bream for the royal kitchen.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 18/09/2026

#LondonPics 67 Caryatids on Euston Road - above the crypt of St Pancras (New) Church, consecrated in 1822. Thought to have been based on the Porch of the Maidens at the Erechtheum. They have central cast iron columns which provide the support for the roof, with terracotta used to form the figures.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 17/09/2026

#LondonPics 66 I know it is another ceiling pic, but the reading room at The Maughan Library is awesome. The room has a dodecagonal shape and rises through three tiers of cast-iron galleries. A striking, shallow glass-and-iron dome caps the space, flooding the desks below with natural light.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 17/09/2026

#LondonPics 65 200 year old collection box. Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s, which previously looked after those in need, the Poor Laws were passed mandating that parishes and hospitals had collections for the poor like this box here - although this is not as old as that!

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 16/09/2026

#LondonPics 64 St John's Gate, Clerkenwell. I've been living around here since 1999 and honestly, the awe walking through this 500+ year old gate never wears off.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 15/09/2026

#LondonPics 63 Yesterday we had the City of London Police call post. Today, this is a replica of the Metropolitan Police Watchbox. Famous for inspiring the Dr Who TARDIS, this replica was put outside Earl's Court Station in 1996.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 14/09/2026

#LondonPics 62 This is a City of London Police Call Post - one of only 8 that survive on the streets of London today - now Grade II listed. These small cast-iron towers were installed from the late 1920s throughout the City, reaching their peak in the 1950s with over 600 of them in use.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 13/09/2026

Tell me it's Open House London week without telling me it is Open House week.... @opencity-uk.bsky.social

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 13/09/2026

#LondonPics 61 Buxton Memorial Fountain, completed in 1866, is a memorial and drinking fountain near Westminster. It commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, and in particular, the role of British parliamentarians in the abolition campaign.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 12/09/2026

#LondonPics 60 An atmospheric view of the Charterhouse. This is part of the 14th Century monastery cloister, later made in to a garden with Tudor brickwork. Photo includes a stone flag floor and the remains of a doorway leading to what was once a Carthusian monk's cell.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 11/09/2026

#LondonPics 59 View of the City skyline from the river Thames - Vintners' Hall, Southwark Bridge, and the increasing number of towers in the background

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 10/09/2026

#LondonPics 58 This is Pasha the Peacock, the unofficial mascot and feathered inspiration at Leighton House Museum. Leighton House in Holland Park is the former home and studio of the leading Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 09/09/2026

#LondonPics 57 Beneath the Guildhall Great Hall lie the largest surviving medieval crypts in London. They were built at different times and are different styles. The west crypt (2nd pic) is thought to be from the late 13th Century so older than the current 15th Century hall above it.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 08/09/2026

#LondonPics 56 The Neighbours by Siegfried Charoux. Commissioned by London County Council and installed at the Quadrant Estate near Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, in 1959

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 07/09/2026

#LondonPic 55 Interesting angles of the buildings at the Barbican a couple of months ago during the Delcy Morelos installation, Origo

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 06/09/2026

#LondonPics 54 Raven at the Tower of London. It was surprisingly large and imposing. It quickly cleared the busy bench by going for an unsuspecting woman's sandwich from behind.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 05/09/2026

#LondonPics 53 This is the Metropolitan Railway's version of the Underground roundel used from around 1914 - with the modern underground roundel in the background at Moorgate.

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 04/09/2026

#LondonPics 52 It's another of my ceilings. This is The Great Hall of St Bartholomew's Hospital North Wing. Completed in 1734 and restored in 2017, now open for visitors on Mondays and Tuesdays. Photo doesn't do it justice. Well worth a visit for The Great Hall and the Hogarth Staircase

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 03/09/2026

#LondonPics 51 The Caledonian Park Clock Tower, or Cally Clock Tower, was built as the centrepiece of the Metropolitan Cattle Market, which opened in 1855 as London's live meat market from Smithfield - even meat markets were designed to be beautiful in the Victorian era!

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 02/09/2026

#LondonPics 50 Today is the anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which started on 2nd Sept 1666. 10 years ago, I volunteered at a 350 year event which traced the path of the fire in a giant domino rally - with over 23,000 giant concrete dominos! It went through churches, up and down stairs etc

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 01/09/2026

#LondonPics 49 I've been off most social media for a while, but I've set myself a challenge of posting 30 pictures of London in September to get me back into the swing of things. To start things off, here is St Paul’s Cathedral from One New Change just after sunrise

St Paul's Cathedral in the centre at the end of a corridor of glass walls, showing reflections in the glass. St Paul's Cathedral is in cream Portland stone with bright blue light behind it, providing a striking silloutte

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 21/08/2026

I got Wordle in 1 today! Yes, I still do Wordle on my laptop each morning when I'm home. It's a small ritual before the day gets messy - 5 minutes of a puzzle before the inbox takes over. A cognitive warm-up with a micro-win to start the day. After 4 years with the same starter word it came up!

Wordle Screenshot showing
1663 played
100 win %
87 current streak
151 max streak

Guess distribution:
1=1
2=249
3=975
4=419
5=16
6=3

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Buttle @buttleuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We want to say a huge thank you to Garfield Weston Foundation who have been a vital funder for the work we do at Buttle for several years now, and have generously donated over £2m in funding for children and young people in crisis.

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Buttle @buttleuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We know that the summer holidays can be challenging for families living in poverty. Children shouldn’t have to worry about the things that adults do, which is why we are campaigning for change. Donate now: buttleuk.org/donate

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 10/03/2026

Check out this useful analysis by @dkane.net Interesting considerations for small grants programmes

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 26/02/2026

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 17/01/2026

#LondonPics 48 I know it's another ceiling, but it's magnificent! Saucer-dome plaster with fan tracery by Henry Doogood in St Mary Aldermary. Worth a visit for 1 of the finest Gothic towers in the country on the outside, & the decorative features, great coffee shop & oasis of calm in the city inside

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 14/01/2026

EXCITING NEWS! This is a major step towards improving effectiveness of funding through more open, informed & strategic funder collaboration. We aim to drive change through shared knowledge & learning, research & data-informed insights, influencing policy & practice, & effective collaborative action

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 11/01/2026

#LondonPics 47 A "money box" at the BT Tower - a phone box covered in thousands of penny coins

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 10/01/2026

#LondonPics 46 View of City of London from Stave Hill Ecological Park, Surrey Docks

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 09/01/2026

#LondonPics 45 Often claimed to be the oldest bollard in the City, this is a recycled 17th or 18th century french cannon, buried upright. It's outside St Helen's Bishopsgate. Check it out if you are in the area or on your way to St Mary Axe

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 05/01/2026

#LondonPics 44 I LOVE all the micro community libraries that now exist all over London - but this one on Upper Street in Islington is one of my favourites. It only has children's books and it is really well lit, maintained and heavily used - sometimes it has queues!

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 04/01/2026

#LondonPics 43 Yeah. I know I'm obsessed by ceilings, but here is another good one you might not have seen - inside of the dome of the Old Bailey

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Tania Cohen @tanias.london · 03/01/2026

#LondonPics 42 Peaceful Guildhall Yard on Christmas day 15th century building with an 18th century Hindoostani Gothic grand entrance

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