Offline club and a visit to the Marquis
Despite falling foul of what seemed like a bona fide case of the lurgy on Thursday, I felt well enough on Friday to check out the Marquis Of Lorne pub …
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A trip around Brixton and Stockwell
I took a little wander today around some hitherto unwandered parts of Brixton – here’s some snaps from my stroll: I’d been here before, but not when this bizarre ship-meet-mushroom …
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Morrissey at the Roundhouse
We loved this show. Great, great venue. Opening song: “How soon is now”. “First Of The Gang To Die” rocked. “Stretch out and wait” was beautiful. We got very, very, …
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Brixton Vigil
A big, mixed crowd turned out to pay their respects to Khalil Nasseri, exactly a week after his brutal murder. Family members, customers, officials and friends gave short talks emphasising …
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Canal Street NYC: photos
Visitors keen to find a piece of untamed New York should check out Canal Street, in lower Manhattan. It’s stuffed full of counterfeit handbags, suspect jewellery, fake Rolex watches, knocked …
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New York subway scenes
Some more photos from last month’s New York trip…
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Times Square at night, NYC
Here’s some pics taken when we walked through the tourist-tastic neon eyestorm of Times Square. It’s bonkers but fun – like Piccadilly Circus on steroids – but it’s not a …
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Best dSLRs under £500
I get asked this a lot, so here’s a page with four of my recommended choices for cheap dSLRs: Best low cost dSLR cameras: 2007 They’re all more than capable …
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Murdered: over a 20p orange
This is hopelessly, desperately tragic. Last Saturday a 24 year old man helping out in his cousin’s shop in Brixton Market was stabbed to death by a gang of men …
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Winter walk in NY
I’ve posted up a few more photos from trip to New York last month – but I’ve still got loads more to work though. Sat on top of a residential …
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Morden Hall – Colliers Wood Walk
A rare day of winter sunshine sent us scuttling out of the house on Saturday afternoon, heading off to the hitherto unexplored lands of darkest Morden and Colliers Wood. The …
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Top Cats rock the Brixton Dex!
Blimey. They’ve certainly done a really good job on the Prince of Wales/Dex boozer in Brixton. Last night we saw the excellent 9-strong Top Cats knocking out a storming ska …
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After I had some encouraging feedback to my recent post pondering if anyone bothered to read this blog or not, I’ve decided to give the ‘comments’ feature a go. Fearful …
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Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NYC
When we were in New York last month, we took the free ferry out of Manhattan to Staten Island and braved an icy walk to visit the Sailors’ Snug Harbor …
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Piccadilly to Vauxhall walk
The weather wasn’t great, but we shook off some of the festive lard and lingering hangover with a short (4.3m) walk around town yesterday. Here’s some of the pics: Christmas …
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Cardiff at Christmas
Just a few snaps from my brief stay in my home town over Christmas. It’s getting hard to reconcile the city with my memories as it’s being redeveloped so fast. …
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City Island, Bronx, New York
Amazingly, this island – with its New England architecture, wooden houses and fishing boats- is in the Bronx, New York! Loads more photos: City Island, Bronx, New York
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Monster party for the New Year!
Blimey. The Offline party at the Albert last night was such a big one I’ve spent all day recovering. Here’s some pics – more to follow when my head gets …
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