Andrew Trundlewagon's photos with the keyword: London

The Furze Platt hand axe, a massive Neanderthal tool, Natural History Museum, London, 2019. 30 cm long, was found near Maidenhead, UK.

A Dodo, Natural History Museum, London. In actual fact it is a "collage" made from parts of several different species of bird to represent what the taxidermist thought a dodo should look like.

Darwin's octopus, Spirit Rooms, Natural History Museum, London (2019). The museum had a vast collection of specimens assembled since the nineteenth century. This, a preserved octopus, was collected by Charles Darwin. In his journals, which eventually became the book "Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin records his excitement at seeing an octopus change colour, and wrote back to his teacher, Henslow, in Cambridge, that he thought he had made a "discovery". Henslow, very tactfully, wrote back to tell Darwin that the ability of octopuses to change colour had been known for an extremely long time. Undaunted by this setback, the young Darwin went on to make a few more "discoveries".

A preserved giant squid in a tank, Natural History Museum, London, 2019. This is on display in the spirit rooms, and you have to pay extra to visit, but it is well worth it just to see the giant squid. It is difficult to visualize in a photograph, but the size of the tank gives some idea of how big it is.

A Pterodon, Natural History Museum, London, 2019. This would have been a stunning sight when alive.

A pickled nautilus, Natural History Museum, London, 2019

An illustration of a (conspicuously male) fruit bat from the drawing collection of the Natural History Museum, London, Thomas Hardwicke collection, approx, 1832

The “Museum of the Moon”, Natural History Museum, London, 2019. This work, by Luke Jerram, has been exhibited around the world and is a six-metre model based on NASA images.

Carved Nautilus shell, Natural History Museum, London. Originally from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, carved by Johannes Belkien, late 1600s. The coil follows the golden ratio (or Fibonacci spiral composed of successive quarter circles in boxes whose lengths decrease by a factor of 0.168), a natural fractal considered by the ancient Greeks to be a mathematical embodiment of perfection.

Not where you might think. These monks were in the newly renovated Temperate Greenhouse, Kew Gardens in London.