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Last chance to see the neon lights illuminating Leadenhall Market, as exhibition closes on Sat 31st July 2021

Thu 29th July, 2021Thu 29th July, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Fans of vintage neon signs should hasten their step in the direction of Leadenhall Market this weekend to see Electric City,  an immersive technicolour production hosted by Gods Own Junkyard.

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Neon art against a December sky: Winter Light at the Southbank Centre - in photos
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Neon art against a December sky: Winter Light at the Southbank Centre – in photos

Sun 20th December, 2020Mon 31st May, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

With London crashing into Tier 4  for Christmas, we’ve never needed a bit of seasonal cheer more, and this light show by the Southbank Centre certainly managed to lift the …

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In photos: Tokyo at night - lights, signs, neon and street scenes
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In photos: Tokyo at night – neon, lights, signs and street scenes

Tue 28th January, 2020Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Late last year, I spent a short time in the fascinatingly photogenic Tokyo, and grabbed this selection of 55 photos as i wandered around the streets at night.

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New York 20 Years Ago: Street scenes, Chelsea Hotel, Twin Towers, neon, snow and rain, January 2000
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New York 20 Years Ago: Street scenes, Chelsea Hotel, Twin Towers, neon, snow and rain, January 2000

Fri 24th January, 2020Fri 24th January, 2020 - by editor - 1 Comment

New York is a fascinating place to visit and photograph – here’s a selection of 60+ street images taken during January 2000 – exactly twenty years ago.

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Neon galore at the Tate Britain's new light display by Cerith Wyn Evans, 'Forms In Space'
London / news / photos / Places

Neon galore at the Tate Britain’s new light display by Cerith Wyn Evans, ‘Forms In Space’

Wed 26th April, 2017Wed 26th April, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I love a bit of neon art, and there’s a splendid display on at the Tate Britain in London right now, created by Welsh artist, Cerith Wyn Evans.

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Punky neon galore at the Lights of Soho, Brewer Street, London W1
London / news / photos / Places

Punky neon galore at the Lights of Soho, Brewer Street, London W1

Mon 11th April, 2016Mon 11th April, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Describing itself as ‘the global home of creative neon and light art formats,’ Lights of Soho is a new art gallery and member’s lounge, located in the heart of the west end …

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A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Sprüth Magers, London
London / news / Places

A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Sprüth Magers, London

Mon 16th February, 2015Mon 16th February, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This dazzling display of neon art at the Sprüth Magers gallery in Grafton Street caught my eye as I was wandering around town on the weekend, so I had to go …

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Neon and green fluorescent lights: Bruce Nauman exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, London
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Neon and green fluorescent lights: Bruce Nauman exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, London

Sun 10th March, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I enjoyed this free Bruce Nauman exhibition at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in upmarket Savile Row, Mayfair London on the weekend.

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cardiff / news / photos / Places / wales / Wales

Cardiff in winter: Christmas lights, mist, fog, rain and reflections – 21 photos

Wed 5th January, 2022Tue 8th February, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a series of 21 photos taken around Cardiff during the festive season, revealing Christmas lights, mist, late night fog, rain and reflections:

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Christmas lights, festive installations and street market at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, December 2020
Clubs & Nightlife / London / news / photos / Places

Christmas lights, festive installations and street market at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, December 2020

Mon 21st December, 2020Sun 20th December, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an incredibly quiet Christmas, with attractions closed and businesses trying to make the best of a really grim festive season. We took a walk …

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Coimbra, Portugal: 100 photos of night scenes, street art, architecture and Christmas lights
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Coimbra, Portugal: 100 photos of night scenes, street art, architecture and Christmas lights

Wed 18th December, 2019Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last weekend, I was in the beautiful historic riverfront city of Coimbra in central Portugal, and managed to grab these 100 photos as I wandered through the narrow cobbled streets …

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London history - human billboards and sandwich men on the streets 15 years ago - April 2004
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The human billboards and sandwich men on the streets of Soho 15 years ago – London history, April 2004

Fri 12th April, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Fifteen years ago, you could barely walk around the centre of London without banging into some poor soul hanging on to an oversized placard advertising a computer fair, golf sale, …

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Rooftop skating, booze, fondue and Gus's wonderful roasted chestnuts at Skylight, Tobacco Dock, Wapping, London
Clubs & Nightlife / London / news / Places

Rooftop skating, booze, fondue and Gus’s wonderful roasted chestnuts at Skylight, Tobacco Dock, Wapping, London

Thu 2nd November, 2017Thu 2nd November, 2017 - by editor - 1 Comment

With the festive season fast approaching, open air ice skating rinks are beginning to pop up all over London, and last night I popped along to the launch of Skylight’s …

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Frosty feet, market scenes, CCTV Santa and Chinese baubles: Cardiff photos, December 2016
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Frosty feet, market scenes, CCTV Santa and Chinese baubles: Cardiff photos, December 2016

Thu 29th December, 2016Thu 29th December, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a collection of photos taken from my trip up to Cardiff earlier this week. They’re nothing special – just a series of snapshots taken as I scuttled around town …

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Clubs & Nightlife / London / news / photos / Places

Street preacher, closed sex shops and street art: Soho photos, October 2016

Mon 10th October, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a series of photos snapped during a recent walk around Soho. All the photos were taken on a battered three-year old Ricoh GR compact camera.

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Photos of Brentwood, Essex: closed shops, hand written bus notices and a fine pub
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Photos of Brentwood, Essex: closed shops, hand written bus notices and a fine pub

Mon 18th April, 2016Sun 1st November, 2020 - by editor - 5 Comments.

I can usually find offbeat and unusual beauty in almost every place I visit, but I have to admit that I found myself quite challenged during my recent visit to …

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Bongs, buttons and bull strength at Cardiff's Central Market - in photos
cardiff / photos / Places / wales / Wales

Bongs, buttons and bull strength at Cardiff’s Central Market – in photos

Wed 20th May, 2015Wed 20th May, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Cardiff Central Market has been around since Victorian times, and I always make a point of taking a look around whenever I’m back in my home town.

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Philadelphia photos - street signs, railroad station, old cars and cityscapes
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Philadelphia photos – street signs, railroad station, old car and cityscapes

Fri 13th June, 2014Thu 12th June, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of 30-odd photos taken during a night and a day in Philadelphia. I’ve always enjoyed my short stays in the city.

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Shop fronts and street signs in Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan, New York
New York / photos / Places

Shop fronts and street signs in Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan, New York

Wed 21st May, 2014Fri 23rd May, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of shop fronts and street signs I came across during my many walks around Brooklyn and Manhattan a couple of weeks ago.

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Lower Manhattan, Soho and East Village - ten street photos
New York / photos / Places

Lower Manhattan, Soho and East Village and a dangling pretzel – ten New York street photos

Fri 10th January, 2014Fri 10th January, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of ten photos I took around Lower Manhattan during my recent visit to New York. Most of the photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D camera and …

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Photos of Cardiff Central Market, a Victorian indoor market in the Castle Quarter, Wales
cardiff / Wales / wales

Photos of Cardiff Central Market, a Victorian indoor market in the Castle Quarter, Wales

Tue 7th January, 2014Mon 6th January, 2014 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Located in the heart of Cardiff’s city centre is this wonderful indoor market, selling a wide variety of fresh produce, cooked food, delicacies, vinyl records and all manner of useful household …

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The Craft Bar, Brixton Station Road Brixton - review
Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / London / photos / Places

The Craft Beer Company Bar, Brixton Station Road, Brixton – review

Mon 1st October, 2012 - by editor - 8 Comments.

It used to be quite a challenge tracking down a well stocked real ale bar around Brixton, but Brixtonites are becoming positively spoiled these days, with the opening of a second real-ale bar, the …

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festivals / Places

Boomtown 2012 – full photo report

Thu 16th August, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This was such a fantastic festival – the best I’ve been to for a long time. I’ve now posted up a large photo review, which I hope at least gives a flavour …

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photos / Places

Remembering the Brighton West Pier in photos, part one

Thu 31st March, 2011Thu 31st March, 2011 - by editor - 14 Comments.

I fell in love with this pier when I first saw it used as a backdrop for some of the photos in the photo supplement that accompanied The Who’s Quadrophenia double album. …

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Clubs & Nightlife / New York / photos / Places / railways

The Ear Inn – the oldest working bar in NYC, with a Nunhead connection

Wed 23rd February, 2011Wed 23rd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

The Ear Inn at 326 Spring Street, NY (btw. Greenwich and Washington) claims to be the oldest working bar in NYC and  is a designated Landmark of the City of New York.

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London / photos / Places

‘Lice Sex Shop,’ bookshops, old hospitals and autumnal London street scenes

Fri 22nd October, 2010Fri 22nd October, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Amusingly damaged neon sign in the window of a Licensed Sex Shop, Charing Cross Road, W1.

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New York / Places / stuff

Some photos: Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY

Fri 12th March, 2010Sun 14th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some more photos from our travels around Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC:

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New York / photos / stuff

New York street photos

Thu 6th August, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

New York street scenes. Some photos of graffiti, skylines, neon shopfronts and fallout shelter signs from our travels around Brooklyn and Manhattan last winter       More photos here: …

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The Thames, theatres, Tate Modern and a tutu

Wed 11th February, 2009 - by editor - 1 Comment

A Saturday walk around a sunny, but freezing cold, central London: Get the full story behind these pics here: London street and river scenes

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New York / photos

Times Square at night, NYC

Fri 18th January, 2008Sat 10th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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