The Future’s Yellow?

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The new outdoor gym in the Embankment Gardens
The new outdoor gym in the Embankment Gardens

Walking through Embankment Gardens at the end of January, I was half hopeful of seeing signs of the crocuses under the plane tree near the tube station: they normally appear as an early sign of spring. But lo, no crocus! An outdoor gym has sprung up instead.

The Embankment Gardens in January 2019

The Embankment Gardens in January 2019

Meanwhile, remarkably early, at the other end of the Gardens the mimosa is in bloom.

Clare Brant

Clare Brant

Clare is co-Director of the Centre for Life-Writing Research, and Professor of Eighteenth-century Literature & Culture in the English Department at King’s College London.

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