This pair of lions carved of stone are at the base of the Queen’s Tower at Imperial College. Along with the rather more substantial tower they are the last vestige of the Imperial Institute.
There were four lions and there still are. The other two were re-located to the Commonwealth Institute in Holland Park but you will not see them there today. The Commonwealth Institute has been re-purposed as The Design Museum and it decided two Victorian stone lions were surplus to requirements. I am disappointed they were not moved to the site of Opera Holland Park where I could visit them. However, they are in the gardens of Clarence House where I do not have visiting rights.
I like the look of the herbaceous border in the background; a very different bowl of delphiniums to a small pop-up garden at Duke of York’s Square.
Fortunately it will not be in situ permanently. What does it signify?
London has been very wet recently but drought is sometimes a problem when saplings are planted. Here is a handy way to keep them watered.
The title of today’s post is not a tribute to George Harrison. It is an observation on the cumulative hangover after four consecutive Big Lunches.
The Duke of York’s pop up is particularly gruesome. I know that hangover feeling too.