![There’s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence Donovan, a series on ‘black dandyism’, and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-01-5-620x300.jpg "What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London")
![We wrote about the terrible state of the former Bute Road Station, in Cardiff Bay, exactly five years ago, and it’s sad to see that station continues to decline. Such is […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bute-road-cardiff-endangered-01-1-620x300.jpg "Cardiff’s Bute Road railway station listed as one of the UK’s top 10 most endangered buildings")
![En route to the lovely Green Gathering festival earlier this month, there was time to take a short walk around Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, a small town (pop: 12,300) adjoining the border […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/chepstow-wales-photos-01-1-195x110.jpg "Tintern Massive, flabby fish and a big gun: A quick look around Chepstow, South Wales: in photos")
![Boomtown has several stages and sound systems in the woods around the festival and they can make magical places to escape to after dark. Here’s some photos taken in the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/boomtown-2016-woods-01-3-195x110.jpg "Photos: In the magical woods of Boomtown Festival 2016")
![Located at the top end of the festival, the Wild West remains one of our favourite city districts, with no shortage of ad hoc street performances, bars and live venues to keep […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/boomtown-2016-wild-west-01-5-195x110.jpg "The Wild West at Boomtown: courtroom scenes, gunslingers and hoedowns")
![The Park Hotel in uptown Mayfair has always been one of urban75’s favourite parts of Boomtown, and this year we spent a fair bit of time checking out its many […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/boomtown-2016-park-hotel-01-2-195x110.jpg "The Park Hotel at Boomtown 2016: bands, beer, pool, Eva Lazarus and ping pong debauchery")
![Here’s our second instalment of photos taken around Boomtown Fair 2016. We’ve got loads more to come, so please check back regularly or visit our Boomtown home page for a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/boomtown-fair-faces-2016-15-195x110.jpg "More faces of Boomtown Fair 2016 – in photos")
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A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to spend time at the BBC’s famous studio complex at Maida Vale, recording live tracks with my old/new band The Monochrome Set for Marc Riley’s BBC6 Music […]
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Tintern Massive, flabby fish and a big gun: A quick look around Chepstow, South Wales: in photos
En route to the lovely Green Gathering festival earlier this month, there was time to take a short walk around Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, a small town (pop: 12,300) adjoining the border […]
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Photos: In the magical woods of Boomtown Festival 2016
Boomtown has several stages and sound systems in the woods around the festival and they can make magical places to escape to after dark. Here’s some photos taken in the […]
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Writing on the wall: Parastou Forouhar’s Written Room at Pi Artworks, London
I enjoyed stumbling across this simple but striking artwork on display at the Pi Artworks gallery in 55 Eastcastle Street by Oxford Circus, London, back in July this year.
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The Wild West at Boomtown: courtroom scenes, gunslingers and hoedowns
Located at the top end of the festival, the Wild West remains one of our favourite city districts, with no shortage of ad hoc street performances, bars and live venues to keep […]
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The Park Hotel at Boomtown 2016: bands, beer, pool, Eva Lazarus and ping pong debauchery
The Park Hotel in uptown Mayfair has always been one of urban75’s favourite parts of Boomtown, and this year we spent a fair bit of time checking out its many […]
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More faces of Boomtown Fair 2016 – in photos
Here’s our second instalment of photos taken around Boomtown Fair 2016. We’ve got loads more to come, so please check back regularly or visit our Boomtown home page for a […]
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Faces of Boomtown Fair 2016 – photos of people at the UK’s greatest festival!
Posted on Monday, Aug 22, 2016 | No CommentsOver four glorious days of August sunshine, Boomtown Fair delivered another wonderful, crazy, fascinating mix of music, art, performance and general mayhem. -
Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Night scenes: camp fires, upside down performers, bands and DJs
Posted on Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 | No CommentsFollowing on from the daytime views, here’s the second and final batch of photos from this year’s Green Gathering festival in Chepstow, Wales, with this collection of scenes after dark. -
![Located in a beautiful rolling hills close to Chepstow, the Big Green Gathering is an annual festival with an environmental and social justice focus. As well as live acts and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/green-gathering-2016-01-1-115x115.jpg "Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Part one: Daytime festival scenes around the site in Chepstow, Wales")
Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Part one: Daytime festival scenes around the site in Chepstow, Wales
Posted on Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 | No CommentsLocated in a beautiful rolling hills close to Chepstow, the Big Green Gathering is an annual festival with an environmental and social justice focus. As well as live acts and […]
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