MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: dragon

St Augustine's Kilburn, a Grade I listed Anglican church dubbed the "cathedral of north London." The spire is the second highest in London, after St Mary Abbots in Kensington. The church interior features in the final episode of the Netflix series Black Doves.

Outside Aldgate House at the junction of Aldgate High Street and St Botolph Street. He's facing away from the City of London to ward off enemies.

Stained glass, St Dominic's Priory & the Rosary Shrine, Southampton Road NW5.

Memorial to a Royal Scots Fusilier, St Albans Cathedral

House designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, gardens by Fletcher Steele. Summer home of the Choate family, now owned and maintained by the Trustees of Reservations. thetrustees.org/place/naumkeag

Ai Weiwei: Tradition and Dissent at the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA

Plaques on a house in Portland Road W11

Mission Hall, also known as St. Mary’s Church Hall, at nos. 39/41 Mary Place dates from the latter part of the nineteenth century. The hall is constructed from stock brick which has been painted white at a later date. The brickwork is embellished with pilasters and round moulded string courses. The roof is even pitched with a covering of natural slates with red clay ridge tiles. Y-tracery windows to the gable end of the main hall above the principal entrance are prominent architectural features and are in contrast to the simpler and modest vertical sliding sash windows on the adjacent gable at second floor level. The principal entrance door is two leafed with a mullion panelled design with strap hinges and a mullioned transom light above. A timber glazed screen and entrance door to the rounded arch to the east forms a less formal entrance to the residential and studio spaces and secondary entrances to the west comprise a vertically boarded door and decorative iron gate. A recessed panel to the front of the building has a highly detailed painting of St. George and the Dragon on a gold background which references the current name of the property. The building was converted to studio space and living accommodation in the mid 1970s.

This needs some explaining. The mural depicts first minister Arlene Foster (DUP) as a green dragon pushing heating pellets as part of the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme. Under the scheme, businesses and organizations were reimbursed for the pellets they purchased as a way of incentivising the use of renewable energy rather than fossil fuels. The problem with the scheme was that the reimbursement rate was more than the cost of the pellets, which only encouraged people to crank up the heat. One person really did heat an empty barn to cash in. A scandal ensued. Foster refused to admit any wrongdoing and then deputy first minister - Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness - resigned over the DUP's handling of the scandal, triggering the collapse of the Stormont government. Northern Ireland has been without a functioning government ever since. (This came to a head in early 2017). More info here: www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-38307628 See the whole wall here: extramuralactivity.com/2016/12/26/heating-empty-barns-killing-kids

Warren Street, Hudson, NY.

Kykuit, Tarrytown, NY

Moving the merch out to the sidewalk at 57 Mott Street, Chinatown. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Carnival ride, 150th Belchertown Fair. See where this picture was taken. [?]

I started my long walk to Canada Water from here (Tower Hill). See where this picture was taken. [?]

Canalot Studios, Kensal Road. Former Globe Wernicke factory. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Three Sisters Sanctuary, Goshen. www.threesisterssanctuary.com/ See where this picture was taken. [?]

Three Sisters Sanctuary, Goshen. www.threesisterssanctuary.com/ See where this picture was taken. [?]

Three Sisters Sanctuary, Goshen. www.threesisterssanctuary.com/ See where this picture was taken. [?]