Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

Down the road from us is one of the few William Morris-designed houses in London.

It's a beautiful building, with all the architectural flourishes you'd expect from the man behind the Arts and Crafts movement. I'm particularly fond of two of them, high on the roof over the leafy street. One's a rather amazing cast-iron sunflower, yellow petals around a black disk.

The other, well, it's one of the most fantastic creations around: a terracotta dragon roaring its defiance at the passing 747s from the highest part of the roof. Morris may not have imagined the aluminium birds that flock over Putney, but the defensive dragon couldn't be more apt....



Putney, London
September 2009