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![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bbc-maida-vale-studio-mv3-01-1-115x115.jpg "A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London")
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 | 1 CommentYesterday 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 […] -
![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-01-5-115x115.jpg "What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London")
What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 | No CommentsThere’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 […] -
![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-01-1-115x115.jpg "Cardiff’s Bute Road railway station listed as one of the UK’s top 10 most endangered buildings")
Cardiff’s Bute Road railway station listed as one of the UK’s top 10 most endangered buildings
Posted on Friday, Sep 16, 2016 | 1 CommentWe 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 […] -
![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-01-1-115x115.jpg "Tintern Massive, flabby fish and a big gun: A quick look around Chepstow, South Wales: in photos")
Tintern Massive, flabby fish and a big gun: A quick look around Chepstow, South Wales: in photos
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 31, 2016 | No CommentsEn 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 […] -
![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-01-3-115x115.jpg "Photos: In the magical woods of Boomtown Festival 2016")
Photos: In the magical woods of Boomtown Festival 2016
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 30, 2016 | No CommentsBoomtown 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 […] -
Writing on the wall: Parastou Forouhar’s Written Room at Pi Artworks, London
Posted on Friday, Aug 26, 2016 | No CommentsI 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. -
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 […] -
The Fire Breathing Tuba of Tottenham Court Road – unique London busker in action
Posted on Friday, Jul 22, 2016 | 1 CommentRecently, I’ve been methodically documenting the assortment of buskers seen on the streets of Brixton in south London, but this fella with a fire-breathing tuba surely trumps the lot. -
![France 2016 – Enjoy this trip. Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip… “Coleman had a dream To save the national team We had no strikers, so played with […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wales-euro-championships-2016-115x115.jpg "Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey")
Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey
Posted on Monday, Jul 11, 2016 | No CommentsFrance 2016 – Enjoy this trip. Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip… “Coleman had a dream To save the national team We had no strikers, so played with […] -
United For Palestine: anti-Israel Protest on Oxford Street, London
Posted on Monday, Jul 4, 2016 | 2 CommentsThis sizeable, but peaceful, protest was seen progressing down Oxford Street yesterday afternoon. I grabbed a few photos as it passed by: -
An afternoon of dance performance and art at the Tate Britain, London
Posted on Sunday, Jul 3, 2016 | No CommentsI enjoyed an interesting visit to the Tate Britain yesterday, soaking up some wonderful art and watching an intriguing dance performance. -
![Thousands of people marched through central London today to protest against the referendum decision to leave the EU. The march started at Park Lane before setting off on the two-mile route to […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/brexit-protest-parliament-01-1-115x115.jpg "In photos: Anti Brexit campaigners gather in Parliament Square, London")
In photos: Anti Brexit campaigners gather in Parliament Square, London
Posted on Saturday, Jul 2, 2016 | No CommentsThousands of people marched through central London today to protest against the referendum decision to leave the EU. The march started at Park Lane before setting off on the two-mile route to […] -
![Despite relentless torrential rain and the protest being ‘officially’ called off because of police concerns, thousands of people packed into Trafalgar Square this afternoon to protest against the ‘Brexit’ referendum, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/anti-brexit-demo-london-01-1-115x115.jpg "Thousands join anti-Brexit demo in rain-drenched Trafalgar Square, London: full photo report")
Thousands join anti-Brexit demo in rain-drenched Trafalgar Square, London: full photo report
Posted on Tuesday, Jun 28, 2016 | 3 CommentsDespite relentless torrential rain and the protest being ‘officially’ called off because of police concerns, thousands of people packed into Trafalgar Square this afternoon to protest against the ‘Brexit’ referendum, […]