December 2005

Christmas in Cardiff

Sat 31st December, 2005Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Christmas in Cardiff Had a great time up in my home town over Christmas, taking in some lovely country walks in the Brecon Beacons, wolfing down real ale, (half) climbing …

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Offline photos are up!

Fri 23rd December, 2005Thu 3rd June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Offline photos are up! The hangover finally cleared long enough for me to post up 50+ photos from the monster blow-out Offline Christmas party on Friday. The night was fantastic: …

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Carol singing in Parliament Square, 2005

Thu 22nd December, 2005Wed 14th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Carol singing in Parliament Square December 21st 2005 Singing in the face of bad government In a test of the ludicrous Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (which bans …

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Fri 16th December, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

2005 warmest ever year in northern hemisphere A new report shows that 2005 has been the warmest year on record in the northern hemisphere, according to Brit scientists. It’s also …

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Thu 15th December, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Offline tomorrow! A quick reminder about tomorrow’s bash. I’m ageing rapidly as I’m trying to organise 10 bands, 16 Brazilians drummers, 15 DJs, 2 VJs and a load of cabaret …

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Buncefield oil blast and urban75 drugs

Tue 13th December, 2005Mon 3rd October, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Oil explosion update It seems that my entry (way below you, readers!) about the Buncefield oil depot fire was featured on the Guardian’s website today, so hello Guardian readers. It’s …

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Buncefield: Are you lit up for Christmas?

Sun 11th December, 2005Wed 28th July, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Are you lit up for Christmas? A local paper asks: From Hemel Today

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Sun 11th December, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Panasonic Lumix LX1 on test Took delivery of a Lumix LX1 camera for review yesterday and managed to grab a few snaps around central London. Although I’m yet to be …

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Buncefield: the fuckwittedness of Fox News

Sun 11th December, 2005Wed 28th July, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

The fuckwittedness of Fox News Early this morning, there was a series of huge explosions at the Buncefield oil distribution depot near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, shooting flames hundreds of feet …

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OFFLINE All night party coming up!

Sat 10th December, 2005Thu 3rd June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

OFFLINE All night party coming up! I’m going grey trying to organise all this, but check out the bill – it’s amazing! Come on down to our bumper Christmas special …

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Stats! Stats! Stats!

Sat 10th December, 2005Wed 14th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

For those of you who like rummaging amongst numbers, here’s the access stats for 2/3rds of the urban75 empire: urban75.org/net stats for November 2005 urban75.org (2nd busiest month on record!) …

Brixton / photos / Places

London Routemaster Farewell in Brixton

Fri 9th December, 2005Tue 19th May, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

London Routemaster Farewell The Powers That Be have decided that the hugely popular, much-loved Routemaster buses will no longer run on London’s roads, and today saw the last surviving service …

New York / Places

New York Panoramas

Tue 6th December, 2005Thu 27th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

New York Panoramas I’m still sifting through the zillions of pictures taken on my recent US trip, but I’ve now posted up 15 panoramas from New York City, Brooklyn and …

Brixton / Places

Alfie, Michael Caine and the Brixton connection

Mon 5th December, 2005Wed 14th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Not a lot of people know this, but two short scenes from the fab 1966 hit film ‘Alfie’ were shot in Brixton. Thanks to the generosity of the urban75 board …