Hidden in NW3 the modernist Grade II-listed Branch Hill Estate (1974-78, Benson & Forsyth), 'an Italian hill town' built against the odds by Camden Council, still looking great today in the sunshine. Split level, white concrete, dark wood, red brick paths.

Dionne Warwick Live at the 27 Club, Knokke, Belgium (Dec 31, 1964) youtube.com/watch?v=9DEay1… via YouTube

Nine Elms Cold Store and Brunswick House, Wandsworth Rd, Nine Elms, Lambeth, 1989 - photo Peter Marshall

Cyril Connolly and Lady Caroline Blackwood (who had recently married Lucien Freud) outside Wheeler’s, Old Compton Street - photo by Daniel Farson, 1954

Billy the Cat loved Rear Window, which is good because otherwise I would’ve disowned him

On a mission to share the lovely stuff still to be found on here if you look for it. The wonderful photos shared by Rob Baker. Little time machines.

Hay's Wharf in 1969

Unimpressed schoolgirls at The Tower of London in 1969

Piccadilly Circus, September 1968

Yesterday in Kharkiv, Russians bombed a residential building killing 7, including the 18-yo artist Nika Kozhushko. I remember her well from a literary event in January. Here is the drawing she had with her. It depicted the recently bombed residential building. She was the future.

Fun fact: this is the card rack for a Jacquard loom. Patented in 1804, these incredible machines used the holes in the cards to weave intricate patterns automatically, more than 124 years before IBM would begin using punch card computers!

The Nine Elms Cold Store at Vauxhall in 1985

Klimt Eastwood.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=lkxooe… Hey drink up all of you people… 🍸Sinatra at his soulful best with his inimitable rich voice and the sensational arrangements of Nelson Riddle and those musicians. Perfection! goodnight from Ol Blue Eyes

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye 📸Adam Stech, Worldee

Composition 1961 #JohnFarleigh

Frith Street in 1965, unknown photographer

My favorite photo of #PatsyCline

Look what I’ve just found. I hope they’re what I think they are!

Lunchtime dancing at the Top Rank Dancehall (basement of the London Astoria) on Charing X Rd, 1963.