Cromwell Street entrance to Victoria and Albert Museum, composite of four photos.

Statue of Eleanor of Castile, from the Waltham Cross, one of twelve memorials erected in her memory by her grieving husband, Edward I, after her death in 1290. Charing Cross was the last of the twelve, but exists now only in name.

An early 14th-century Japanese sword, attributed to Masamune.

19th-century Japanese playing cards, where the object was to find the face card that completed the poem on the plain card that was drawn.

Dining happily at Beaks' Cafe in Soho.