Aspidistra elatior

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Aspidistra elatior
Palm house
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, Richmond
London, September 2003

Palm house

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Palm house
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, Richmond
London, September 2003

“The Palm House is a greenhouse located in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew that specialises in growing palms and other tropical and subtropical plants. Many of its plants are endangered or extinct in the wild. Initially built as status symbols in Victorian Britain, several examples of these ornate glass and iron greenhouses can still be found in parks such as Liverpool's Sefton Park and Stanley Park. Palm House was the first greenhouse to be built on this scale. It was also the first large-scale structural use of wrought iron.” (Palm house, Wikipedia)

Palm-trees

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Palm trees, More London
The Queen's Walk
South Bank, Southwark
London, September 2003

City Hall at night

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City Hall at night
The Queen's Walk, Southwark
London, September 2003

Tower Bridge at night

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Tower Bridge at night
London Inner Ring Road
Tower Hamlets / Southwark
London, September 2003

Interior of the British Library

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Interior of the British Library
Euston Road
Somers Town, Camden
London, September 2003

“The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain 170–200 million-plus items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK. The Library is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and items dating as far back as 2000 BC. The library maintains a programme for content acquisition and adds some three million items each year occupying 9.6 kilometres (6 mi) of new shelf space. Prior to 1973, the Library was part of the British Museum. The Library is now located in a purpose-built building on the north side of Euston Road in St Pancras, London (between Euston railway station and St Pancras railway station), and has a document storage centre and reading room near Boston Spa, near Wetherby in West Yorkshire. The St Pancras building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 25 June 1998, and is classified as a Grade I listed building "of exceptional interest" for its architecture and history.” (British Library, Wikipedia)

Golden Jubilee livery

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Arriva London (SP) Routemaster bus RM6 (VLT 6), route 137
In Golden Jubilee livery
Oxford Street
London, September 2003