Inside the church of John Dee of Mortlake

In Stratford

Having crossed the street where I had never done so before, I 'discovered' two monuments. The above one commemorates a lady who was an advocate of welfare for women and children and the first woman on the West Ham council. Edith Kerrison  didn't want to become Mayor due to her advanced age. You can read about here .  Here you can read about an equally remarkable woman who became the first female Mayor of West Ham: Mrs Daisy Parsons!

Recent bike ride

 I rode my usual route and stopped to take pictures as I do.

 This 'leftover' tree has a lookalike in Richmond:

 A view from Saint Peter's in Ealing:

 There I encountered an unexpected exhibition of a planned refurbishment of this 1950s building that has been abandoned for a good few years.

Creativity discussed at the British Council

I've just come back from a British Council seminar on Creative English Teaching. It was good to meet other teachers and talk to them.
Here are a few pictures taken before, during and after the event:

 After work I had to take the Piccadilly Line to Piccadilly Circus. From there I made my way to The British Council premises near Trafalgar Square. The traffic was normal for London.

Surely, I was late as I couldn't leave work until 6.15, but it didn't matter. I entered quietly and sat at the back. A Greek teacher trainer was half-way through her presentation. Well, I've taught long enough to be familiar with most of the ideas, but it was still good to be reminded. Besides, one thing is to know, the other to make use of the knowledge, isn't it?:-)

My Croat friend, Zoran Mimica, would be happy to see an unfinished  haiku. The idea was to leave out the last 5-syllable line and make the learners guess it. There were a few interesting guesses, but the original one had to be revealed by the speaker. It was something to do with the birds having no necks, but I cannot remember exactly. However, you can go to the British Council website and watch the whole seminar there!

  I must say that Rebecca, who now hosts the BC seminars, is as good as her predecessor, Melissa!

 Sorry, Rebecca, I didn't mean to chop off your head!

 After: