ninetreats » London, UK http://www.ninetreats.com food, food, food and some travel Mon, 03 May 2010 22:42:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Richmond-Upon-Thames http://www.ninetreats.com/2008/08/richmond-upon-thames http://www.ninetreats.com/2008/08/richmond-upon-thames#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:43:02 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=89

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Not far at all from central London, Richmond is at the end of one of the District Lines. It is a part of London that I really like. This shot is looking up the Thames from the Richmond Bridge. Just off to the left in the trees is the Western edge of Richmond Park.

It is great area of London for walking along the Thames.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2008/08/richmond-upon-thames/feed 0 HG Wells in Hampstead http://www.ninetreats.com/2008/08/hg-wells-in-hampstead http://www.ninetreats.com/2008/08/hg-wells-in-hampstead#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:40:01 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=88

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On Saturday I took myself on a self-guided walking tour through Hampstead and Hampstead Heath. It had a literary slant so I went past several houses or places with some kind of literary significance.

This is a picture of a house in Hampstead Village, just a few minutes walk from the Hampstead Underground Station, where H.G. Wells lived for a time.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2008/08/hg-wells-in-hampstead/feed 0 The World is Not Enough http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/10/the-world-is-not-enough http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/10/the-world-is-not-enough#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:38:56 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=61 Another entry on my list of movies that are set in London. I was just reminded about the scenes shot up and down the Thames.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/10/the-world-is-not-enough/feed 1 About a Boy http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/10/about-a-boy http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/10/about-a-boy#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:25:10 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=60 Set completely in current-day London. Another movie on my list of London movies.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/10/about-a-boy/feed 0 The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/the-year-1000-what-life-was-like-at-the-turn-of-the-first-millennium-by-robert-lacey http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/the-year-1000-what-life-was-like-at-the-turn-of-the-first-millennium-by-robert-lacey#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:05:53 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=56 The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman’s World by Robert Lacey

On my to be read list.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/the-year-1000-what-life-was-like-at-the-turn-of-the-first-millennium-by-robert-lacey/feed 0 Elizabeth’s London by Liza Picard http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/elizabeths-london-by-liza-picard http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/elizabeths-london-by-liza-picard#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:04:01 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=55 Elizabeth’s London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard

More reference material than anything else, still quite fascinating to get a feel for how people would have lived in 1500s in London. Especially those not part of the monarchy or royalty or aristocracy of the day.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/elizabeths-london-by-liza-picard/feed 0 London: The Novel by Edward Rutherford http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/london-the-novel-by-edward-rutherford http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/london-the-novel-by-edward-rutherford#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:02:13 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=54 http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/london-the-novel-by-edward-rutherford/feed 0 84 Charing Cross Road http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/84-charing-cross-road http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/84-charing-cross-road#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:59:49 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=53 I just saw this for the first time a week ago. Beyond some annoying cinematic effects (like having your characters speak at the camera), I’m surprised I haven’t seen this before. While half of it is set in New York, it creates a good atmosphere of London in several of the scenes that are in Anthony Hopkins’ characters part of the story.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/84-charing-cross-road/feed 0 Bend it Like Beckham http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/bend-it-like-beckham http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/bend-it-like-beckham#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:57:42 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=52 Vivid in my mind, beyond the story itself, are the Hounslow tube stop and the scene on Carnaby Street in Central London.

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/bend-it-like-beckham/feed 0 Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1996 version) http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/pride-and-prejudice-bbc-1996-version http://www.ninetreats.com/2006/09/pride-and-prejudice-bbc-1996-version#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:51:58 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=51 I can’t really add to what some people have already written. For now, for me, on this site, it’s just on my list of London films.

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