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In photos: Echo Park, Los Angeles, in the early evening light
Located close to Sunset Boulevard in LA’s Eastside can be found the lovely Echo Park, a small public space dominated by a large lake.
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A damp and grey day in Sheffield – with high-level flasher, main roads and The Monochrome Set, Feb 2019
Last weekend, I paid my second visit to Sheffield in recent times and once again failed spectacularly to see anything of what I know is a most excellent city.
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Hubs & clusters. A walk around a deserted tech park at night: Here East, Stratford, east London, Feb 2019
My east London wanderings along the River Lea Navigation took me to the Here East tech park in Stratford, which was completely deserted at 7pm on a Sunday night. Here’s some […]
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Bow to Hackney Wick canalside walk: barges, street art, buildings and twilight, Feb 2019
Here’s fifty photographs documenting an east London canal-side walk along the River Lee Navigation from Bow to Hackney Wick, past Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London Stadium. It’s a […]
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Must see: Doreen Fletcher’s incredible East London urban street paintings at the Nunnery Gallery, London E3
Easily my favourite exhibition of the last twelve months, Doreen Fletcher’s Retrospective showcases a stunning collection of urban street views painted around east London.
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A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019
Taken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End.
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Barcelona street photos: graffiti, market life, street art and architecture
Here’s a hefty collection of 90 photos taken on the streets of Barcelona, with scenes of street art, market life, graffiti, shoppers, street performers and more.
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The mystery of the London phonebox that’s full of cardboard – in photos
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A beautiful big Moon over the River Thames – in photos
Posted on Monday, Jan 21, 2019 | No CommentsThe Moon’s closer proximity to the Earth made for a spectacular sunset over the River Thames yesterday evening. -
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In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London, January 2019
Posted on Monday, Jan 21, 2019 | No CommentsRunning until Sat 26th Jan 2019 and now in its fifth year, the London Winter Lights festival showcases state-of-the-art light technology in a series of interactive and responsive artworks, installations […]
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Steampunk, science and futurism – Dawns, Mine, Crystal by Yunchul Kim at the Korean Cultural Centre, London
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