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All photos of Houses of Parliament and Big Ben dated 2015-2016 are the actual ones and were taken with iPhone 5s.

Photos of Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. The Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament as it is also known, as it hosts meetings to both the House of Commons and the House of Lords: UK’s two houses of parliament, is a pretty famous landmark.

I often have an occasion to walk or drive past Big Ben and my collection of Big Ben photos never ceases to amaze most people. However, for some reason, this splendid clock astounds me with its glory after more than ten years living in the city.

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You can arrange a free tour through your local Member of Parliament (MP) if you are a resident or pay for a guided tour. Please see more details through the official parliamentary page.

I had an opportunity to visit the Houses of Parliament some time ago for a business event and cannot recall many details. However, I remember being very impressed with the grandeur of the interior, it was as splendid as the exterior suggests. I am planning on booking a tour in the near future and will update this article shortly

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A Day with...

Meet London based entrepreneurs who share their insight into the London business world, inspiring Londoners with artistic talents and their favourite places to visit in London and draw inspiration from

A Day with Thomas

Thomas Hewitt Jones, composer
It is a privilege to interview Thomas Hewitt Jones, not only because he is an exceptionally talented composer but also because he is such a charismatic person, who seems always to be busy. So I’d like to thank him for taking time out of his schedule to share his passion about music and his insight into the musical side of London. I met him by chance a couple years ago and he charmed me like a prelude!

Thomas is a talented composer who comes from a very musical family. At 30, he has plenty of accomplishments already under his belt and, I am sure, many more to come. His main residence is in South London but he travels widely and has an excellent insight into the artistic side of London life.

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A Day with Suj

Suj Ahmed, Director at Community Advance Project
Suj is a long standing client of my web design company who has used my services to create an online presence for the charity that he founded in 2007 called Community Advance Project. Community Advance Project (CAP) does amazing work across London with the aim of developing and engaging communities. The charity focuses in particular on vulnerable or marginalised people, such as older people, youths, refugees and migrants. In recent years CAP has focused on producing video resources around mental wellbeing for vulnerable communities such as older people, refugees and unpaid carers.

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A Day with John

John Walmsley, Director at JKW Law
I am so very pleased to introduce the readers of London In Photos to John Walmsley who is kindly taking his time out to take part in the blog series “A Day With…”. John is a very very dear friend whom I met at a networking event a few years ago. He is quite a fan of Russian culture – that’s at least how we bonded initially. John was born in Manchester but has lived in London for 25 years and I am looking forward to discussing with him his experiences of London and learning about new interesting places to visit.
John Walmsley is a lawyer and runs his own small commercial law firm “JKW Law” in the City. He has provided excellent counsel to my web design company regarding commercial and legal matters over the years.

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A Day with Olga

Olga Karapysh, Deputy Director of RBCC
It is a pleasure to start off “A Day with…” blog series with Olga, a fellow London-phile who has kindly provided her inspiring photos of London. I’ve known Olga for a number of years through Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, for whom I did a website a few years ago. RBCC is a wonderful organisation that brings together Russian and British businesses together. The London Office helps British firms to find the right contacts in Russia when planning to do business with Russian companies or opening an office there. And vice versa for Russian firms looking to do business in the UK. The Chamber organises networking

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A Day with Angus

Angus Cook, British Actor and Film Editor
Thoughtful and caring Friend from university days. Talented Actor. Professional Film Editor. Great Comedian. King of Puns. And amongst many accolades that he has, he is also a YouTube Sensation, although he never agrees with me on that one. But with 11 million (and counting) channel views, at least in my circles, he is a YouTube sensation.

We spent a fun day in London, visiting Vertigo 42 for the afternoon tea and talking about about a career in film and the variety of work that he does, from performing on stage and in film, to film editing and writing scripts.

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Quotes about london

Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 3

Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Noël Coward, Collected Sketches and Lyrics

I don't know what London's coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.
Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes,
the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes.
I wipe them away with a black woolly glove
And try not to notice I've fallen in love...
Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

My Dad says that being a Londoner has nothing to do with where you're born. He says that there are people who get off a jumbo jet at Heathrow, go through immigration waving any kind of passport, hop on the tube and by the time the train's pulled into Piccadilly Circus they've become a Londoner.
Walter Besant, on his deathbed, June 1901

I've been walking about London for the last thirty years, and I find something fresh in it every day.
Peter Ackroyd, London: The Biography (2000)

London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.
Anonymous popular saying, as quoted by William Sansom in Blue Skies, Brown Studies(1961)

London is a bad habit one hates to lose.
Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred (1847), Book V, Chapter 5.

London is a modern Babylon.
Hubert Gregg, "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner" (1947)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner,
That I love London so;
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner,
That I think of her wherever I go.
I get a funny feeling inside of me,
Just walking up and down;
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner,
That I love London town.
William Dunbar (1460–1520), London

London, thou art the flour of cities all!
Samuel Johnson, 11 October 1773. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.