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Month: March 2009

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Actionettes at the Buffalo Bar

Mon 30th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Saturday night’s Actionettes club night at the Buffalo bar by Highbury and Islington was fantastic fun and well worth the tricky journey up north (the Victoria Line was out all …

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‘Put People First’ G20 Demonstration, London

Sat 28th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

There was a huge turn out for this march today – here’s some hastily slapped up photos: Loads more here: Put People First G20 Demonstration: ‘Jobs, Justice, Climate

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Tunng at Koko, Camden

Fri 27th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We went along to KoKo in Camden tonight to see three members of the Algerian band Tinariwen, collaborating with twisted pop-folkies Tunng onstage. It was a great show and it …

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Brixton / stuff

More photos from Friday’s Offline

Sun 22nd March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some more pics from the night. In an Offline first, both bands featured tuba players – and we’ve got another tuba player lined up for my birthday bash on April …

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Brixton / stuff

Trans Siberian March Band + Jarmean at Offline

Sat 21st March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’m still beastly hungover from last night’s immense Offline show – both bands were absolutely fantastic and the place was heaving again. The crowd was, as ever, well up for …

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urban75.com is down for a short while

Mon 16th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

If you’ve run your own website for a while, you’ll be used to occasional techie problems with your server, so when I found that urban75.com was down, I figured it …

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An afternoon in Utrecht, Netherlands

Mon 16th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We’ve just spent a lovely long weekend in the Netherlands, cycling along canals and checking out the sights. I’ll do a full photo feature soon, but here’s a few shots …

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Brixton / stuff

Rushcroft Road, Brixton evicted

Tue 10th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Rushcroft Road is an attractive street of Edwardian mansion blocks running from Tate Gardens opposite Lambeth Town Hall to Coldharbour Lane. The street has a long association with community squatting …

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A look at my desk

Mon 9th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve had such a hideously unproductive day today, responding to a thread on urban75 asking for people to post up pictures of their desktops was just about the only thing …

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Remembering Twyford Down (M3) road protest

Thu 5th March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It seems like an eternity ago now but at the time it was a mighty important battle against the Tories’ mad, mad, mad plans to implement “The biggest road-building programme …

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Testing Windows Live Writer

Mon 2nd March, 2009 - by editor - 1 Comment

I’m giving this free Microsoft blogging download a spin. The good folks at Lifehacker raved about it, and it’s been recently updated so  I’m hoping it’s going to be better …

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South Street, Philadelphia

Sun 1st March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a few more photos from our recent visit to Philly. South Street is a lot like a mini-Camden.

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stuff / wales

Happy St Davids day!

Sun 1st March, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Lovely, lovely St Davids day! Thanks to the lovely Em, I’ve enjoyed a delightful leek bake today, followed by a plateful of delicious Welsh cakes. Welsh cakes rock. Here’s Eme …

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