Anne Hughes

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Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jul 19

Is this the only time that both the first and second nights of the #BBCProms have opened with Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man? Albeit very different versions. The #ProgRockProm was a real treat. Well done to everyone involved. Looking forward to watching it again on #BBCFour on Friday.

BBC Concert Orchestra ready and waiting to perform at the Prog Rock Prom in London's Royal Albert Hall.
Note the tubular bells in the left hand corner of the photo.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jul 13

Agreed. They were certainly on top form at the RFH. All the favourites made it a fun evening.

The Divine Comedy onstage at London's Royal Festival Hall on July 12 2026.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jul 11

A couple more for your collection, from the Goodwood Festival of Speed today.

A couple of NASCAR monsters from the Goodwood FoS Americana category.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 27

The hot, bright setting sun reflects off the windows of a tower block. Rooftop currently the coolest place to be in the evenings. #sunset #heatwave #rooftop #London #hothothot

The setting sun catches the upper windows of a west London tower block.
Taken from my rooftop.

The actual setting sun doing its thing on the hottest June day on record in London. FFS.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 27

I see your fighty cottage cheese and raise you exploding soda.

Exploded soda cans from the back of my extra hardworking fridge. A muffled thump was my only warning that something was amiss. I ignored the first one...

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 26

Same.

Latest online political leanings survey results. Pleased to be 88% woke!

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 21

#smol

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 20

The album cover of Nick Drake's Bryter Layter.
The best Sunday morning music ever.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 19

Midsummer light at 22:15 in #London Looking north across the river from the Hungerford Bridge. #Southbank75 #MeltdownFestival #Thames #Midsummer

Late evening view, looking north, from the Hungerford footbridge across the Thames in London. The Shell building is centre stage, Waterloo Bridge on the right.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jun 13

Sambourne House in Kensington is jam-packed full of splendid staircases... #StaircaseSaturday

Pictures fill the walls of the many staircases in Sambourne House.

The house is a perfectly-preserved Victorian home.

Looking down towards the garden door of Sambourne House Museum.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· May 31

#FourPhotosOneMonth Looking back at May.

View, from a V&A East window, of the Olympic Park and beyond that, Canary Wharf.

A grand piano, waiting to be played, inside St. Mary-le-Strand church, Aldwych, London. Blue stained glass windows in the background.

A rather grumpy pig giving me the side eye at City Farm in Hackney, London.

It's a dog's life. Image from the Wes Anderson Archives exhibition at the Design Museum in Kensington, London.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· May 17

A Sunday #StaircaseSaturday post. Here are this week's adventures in climbing... #V&A #V&AEast #HiddenLondon #Holborn #stairs

Staircase angles inside the new V&A East in Stratford, east London.

More angles in a beautiful tiled staircase at the V&A in South Kensington, London.

Spiral staircase connecting the two floors of the jewellery section of the V&A, South Kensington.

A section, showing the original tiling, of the 181 steps of the disused spiral staircase inside Holborn Tube station, London.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· May 13

I hit the jackpot at The Barbican recently. Balcony seat holders were offered a free upgrade to the stalls. I declined...

Rows of empty seats in a concert hall. A jacket and scarf are draped over the nearest one.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Apr 25

A trio from this week's adventures about town. Tube strike? What Tube strike... #StaircaseSaturday #London #Barbican #CourtauldInstitute #BritishMuseum

One of the Barbican towers seen from the Tube station stairs.

Sunlit stairway in London's Courtauld Institute.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Apr 11

My constant companion.

A rather battered black pill case, sporting the word DRUGS embroidered on the lid.
Contrary to what my 'friends' would have you believe, it is not the size of a small suitcase.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Mar 23

And it is blowing my mind. #Booksky

Cover of There is no Antimemetics Division by qntm.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Mar 16

The glorious 'more is more' aesthetic at the immaculate Wallace Collection in London. One of the city's hidden gems and free to visit. #London #TheWallaceCollection

Turquoise flock wallpaper provides a suitably sumptuous backdrop in one of the rooms at The Wallace Collection, London.

A glittering chandelier is reflected in a sparkling mirror at The Wallace Collection.

Closeup of a reflected chandelier at The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Feb 4

A correction on The Guardian website, adjusting the film Melania's rating from one star to zero stars.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jan 29

My weekend reading sorted. Love the red spredges. #Booksky #Pagans

Pagans special edition paperback with lovely red sprayed edges.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Dec 27

Ha! I like to play with those. I've never taken a selfie and never will but reflections are fun. This is me in a car bonnet:

Distorted reflection of the photographer (me) in the metal of a car bonnet.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Dec 9

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Nov 28

The last of the autumn leaves on the tree outside my west London window, silhouetted against tonight's chilly sunset. #November #Sunset #Trees #London #FromMyWindow

Almost bare tree branches silhouetted against a sunset sky. A few stubborn leaves remain.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Nov 8

Some London textures for your collection. #metal #decay

Reflections in a car.
I'm in there somewhere.

Dust and decay in the Brompton Cemetery catacombs.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Oct 19

You are including the ever-present mice, I hope, Luke! Always loved this WPotY winner by Sam Rowley: #TubeMice

Winning Wildlife Photographer of the Year photograph of two mice fighting on a London Underground platform, taken by Sam Rowley.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Sep 19

Treetops and chimneypots silhouetted against a sunset sky on the last warm day of September. Autumn beckons. #sunset #London #September #autumn #trees

West London sunset viewed from a rooftop. Trees and chimneypots are silhouetted against an orange sky streaked with clouds.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Sep 7

What the- why doesn't my emergency alert say that...

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Sep 1

Woman dressed in black reclines on a green sofa. Obviously knackered.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Aug 5

Just a suggestion: maybe show readers the actual story they click on...

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Aug 4

My favourite film. Makes me smile every time I pick up my phone. #RobotDreams #MiAmigoRobot

Dog Varon of Robot Dreams looking cheekily at Robot.

Anne Hughes@anne-in-black· Jul 31

Old wooden door in the gardens at #HatfieldHouse #AdoorableThursday