Giant Jellybabies

Enough to give a whole classroom a tummy-ache

Preparation for Guests

London is getting a makeover in time for the 2012 Olympics. This fountain at Marble Arch is one of the many to benefit from extensive work in recent weeks. Doubling as an impromptu swimming pool this week as temperatures in the city soar to mid 30's.

Headless

This 6 tonne sculpture by Nic Fiddian-Green appeared at Marble Arch a couple of weeks ago.

"Losing your head" is nowdays about falling in love. Once though it meant having it chopped off, a common practice in France.

The English liked their fun to last a little longer, so hanging was the preferred entertainment, sorry, form of justice here in London. This area was the location of the once infamous Tyburn Tree where some 50,000 executions took place. Afterwards the hangman would sell the rope for 6 pence an inch.

The Bird Lady

Today she was feeding the pigeons at Marble Arch. They know her and flock to her for her breadcrumbs. She feeds them, then sits down to have a cigarette and a bit of a chat.