Spring surprise

However indifferent or downright bad the news may be, spring never fails to return to us. March was a fairly chilly month but the daffodils were out early. This first image comes from Albert Square: not the soapy, fictional scrubland of East Enders but a noble garden in Vauxhall that could have been transplanted from Belgravia.

By April the sun was out and with it, the cherry blossom of West Square on the edge of Southwark. And deeper into S.E.1, back to Tabard Gardens with a faintly spooky view reminiscent of Hitchcock's "The Birds" although here, the main threat is besmirching your coat or worse, hair!

The other three shots come from north of the river, in W.C.1. Granville Square is a perfect oblong with a flight of steps (Arnold Bennett's Riceyman Steps) leading down to the King's Cross Road. The nearby Lloyd Square, a secret garden with no public access, harks back to the Greek Revival. The final picture, on the edge of Coram's Fields, revels in the pure lime-green shades of early spring.Read more