article_snippet: and I was with friends in the square close to the main church.'
article_snippet: I decided to go to Winter Wonderland, in Hyde Park, to gauge the mood.
article_snippet: I expecteda sea of miserable people trudging around and being ripped off
article_snippet: but, instead, saw a more cheery view of life
article_snippet: – how simple and sometimes corny things (fairground rides, soft toys, balloons and hotdogs) can entertain and genuinely lift the mood' 15:00 by Lola Nichols –
article_snippet: I took this photo in response to the anti-immigrant rhetoric increasinglynoticeable in the UK and Europe recently.
article_snippet: At first it seemed Romanians were the target; but the Charlie Hebdo atrocity took things to a new level; it became a blame game; blame the immigrants, blame theMuslims, blame the Jews, blame somebody, for something.
article_snippet: To my mind inclusiveness and diversity are things to be celebrated, not demonised' 20:00 by Helen Chambers – Quietways and Superhighways: 'This picture was taken crossing London Fields on the way back from seeing friends … the day after the night before.
article_snippet: The park felt quiet compared to usual, but The park struck me that there is always a hum in London and the constant signs of people interacting, no matter what day of the year' 21:00 by Claire Spreadbury - Untitled: '