A gallery of photos from my wanderings.
As regular readers know, I like to wander. Even when I have a destination in mind, I often ignore the map and “follow my nose” by aiming in the right general direction and hoping some combination of left and right turns will lead me to my destination and new discoveries along the way. Today, I’m sharing a gallery of photos taken in London, in January or February. It’s quite a random collection – just things I found beautiful or interesting. None appear in my other blog-posted galleries. Enjoy!
Barely noticed by anyone passing by.
I have to admit, I’d never noticed them either. Hundreds of commuters pass over the Thames on Vauxhall Bridge every morning – on foot, on bike, on bus, or in a car – and they don’t notice them. These little-known sculptures are really meant to be seen from the water – from boats plying the swirling currents of the Thames – but they are nonetheless worth a look from the bridge. After all, they include Britain’s smallest cathedral.
The beginning of my year-long sabbatical in London.
One of the joys of academic life is the opportunity to take the occasional sabbatical – a semester or a year away from the home university, focused on research without the day-to-day obligations of teaching or committee service. I have been extraordinarily fortunate to spend my past sabbaticals abroad: as a Fulbright Fellow to the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) in 2008-09, and as a Visiting Professor at ETH (Zürich, Switzerland) in 2019-20, leading to some fabulous scientific collaborations and personal/family adventures, which I’ve documented in this blog. Well, here we go again! this time, in London.
David Kotz 