Tiger Eats Man and other Excitements of a Day in London

The good part is, it has a handle that could be turned to make the victim moan in agony.

This artwork made such an impression it was copied in ceramic, on a much smaller scale.

The more I read about British Colonialism, the more I think tigers were a good idea.

On a cheerier note, this container caught my eye as something my daughter would like in her new home. But the V&A are very unsharing.

Popping into the Gift Shop at the Wellcome Foundation, there were all sorts of gift ideas for the craft-minded.

For some less scary books we retreated to the British Library. The building has a whole central glassed-in core of old books, stretching up several floors. It is a very soothing space to be in. Do you know the oldest printed book is a Buddhist text, made by wood-block printing: The Diamond Sutra.

The Library also has this great Tapestry, by Kitaj, with scenes hinting at the Vietnam War, T.S.Eliot's The Wasteland, and the buildings at Auschwitz.

Hmmm, London Does have some interesting things. I might go again one year.