Royal Academy's annual whitebait dinner

Every year since around 1818, academicians from the Royal Academy have enjoyed a whitebait dinner on the Thames, thought to have been started by JMW Turner when he was living in Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham (soon to open the public). The first one took place in Eel Pie House. Charles Saumarez Smith, the current CEO of the Royal Academy, is an enthusiast for these dinners, which in recent years have taken place at various venues on the river. This year, on July 4, it was held in Greenwich, as reported in his blog. which also shows photos of some of the modern building they party passed on their way downriver.