As I See It - David K Hardman Photography

Sunday, 30 September 2012

A classic view of St. Paul's Cathedral

This view of St. Paul's Cathedral is taken from King Henry's Mound, the highest point in Richmond Park 10 miles away. Since 1710 the view from this point has been protected, preventing any developments that would obscure the cathedral. However, in 2005 Mayor Ken Livingstone sought to reduce the protection from one-and-a-half dome widths to a half-a-dome width. Subsequently, Mayor Boris Johnson promised to overturn this, but also approved a development at Victoria Station that would obscure the right hand corner (source: Wikipedia).

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Perspectives on St. Helena's Church, Lundy Island

St. Helena's Church is an Anglican church on Lundy Island, 11 miles from the coast of Devon. It was built in the 1890s by the Reverend Hudson Grosset Heaven. These pictures were taken during my last visit to Lundy in July 2012.

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Sunrise and sunset on Lundy Island

Sunrise 24th July 2012

Sunrise seen from the East coast of Lundy Island.
The Devon mainland can just be seen on the horizon.
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Sunrise a few moments later
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Sunset on the same day

Monday, 24 September 2012

Sunrise in Richmond Park

Sunrise across Pen Ponds
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Birds on Pen Ponds at sunrise
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Sunrise in Richmond Park
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Sunday, 23 September 2012

Bees on flowers

September 22nd.
Taken at Terrace Gardens, Richmond Hill, Richmond.

Save the Women's Library

September 22nd

In Old Castle Street, East London, a rally took place as part of the campaign to save the Women's Library. The Women's Library collection is held in a purpose built site at London Metropolitan University, that was lottery-funded on the condition that the collection would remain here. However, London Met management now maintain that they cannot afford to maintain the collection and are seeking an external buyer. The campaign to save the library insist that the collection and its expert staff should remain in place. A full statement from the campaign's Facebook group is at the foot of this page.

From the Facebook page to Save the Women's Library:

"A selection committee formed by Dr Paul Bowler, Deputy Chief Executive of London Met met behind closed doors on Sept 13 to consider the only bid submitted, a proposal from LSE that will see the collection permanently removed from The Women’s Library building. London Met’s Board of Governors will meet Sept 27 to ratify the recommendation put forward, details of which have not been made public.

The Save the Women’s Library campaign holds that moving the collection out of its building on Old Castle Street effectively closes The Women’s Library. The campaign has called for London Met to reopen the bidding process and adapt criteria that ensures the collection retains its building, staff, accessibility, and commitment to community.

The Women’s Library moved to its current location in 2002, a purpose-built building converted from a historic East End washhouse with the aid of £4 million Heritage Lottery Funding. Designed by Wright and Wright Architects, it includes a reading room, archival storage, classrooms, staff offices, and exhibition space. The collection, which attracts over 30,000 visitors annually, is accessible to all and the library is committed to both academic and community engagement. London Met may be required to repay over £4 million to the Heritage Lottery Fund if the collection moves out of The Women’s Library building.

The Save The Women’s Library campaign seeks to:

1) Keep the library in its current purpose built building
2) Ensure the collection remains intact and accessible to all
3) Retain the library’s expert staff

Over 12,000 people have already signed the on-line petition to Save The Women’s library. A lively demonstration held at London Met Sept 13th to protest the Selection Committee meeting to consider LSE’s bid attracted a good crowd.

On Sept 22nd, Save The Women’s Library supporters will call on the spirit of the suffragettes and other activists who’s very history they seek to preserve as they rally outside The Women’s Library.

More information at: http://savethewomenslibrary.blogspot.co.uk/
also follow us on Twitter: @Savetwl #savetwl"