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Lost Pubs of London: The Old Rose, The Highway, Wapping E1 – ‘vinegar beer, green interior and odd locals’
Posted on Thursday, Dec 28, 2017 | 8 CommentsServing its last customer in early 2011, The Old Rose was a traditional old dockworkers pub situated on the once-notorious Highway in London’s East End. With redevelopment and demolition leaving […] -
Faces of Boomtown 2017: Seventy photos taken around the festival site
Posted on Friday, Sep 1, 2017 | No CommentsThis year’s Boomtown Fair in Winchester, England, was once again a bloody amazing experience, and here’s the first batch of photos from the festival. Hopefully I’ve managed to document some […] -
Relax to the chilly ambient sounds of a frozen icebreaker in the Arctic
Posted on Thursday, Feb 16, 2017 | No CommentsIf you’re desperate for a bit of relaxation, meditation, study and sleep, perhaps this ten hour treat of Arctic ambience might be the ticket. Pull the bedclothes up tight and […] -
Photos of Cologne, Germany: The Rhine, King Georg bar, pipes, bins and a near-arrest for a heinous crime
Posted on Thursday, Jan 26, 2017 | No CommentsHere’s a short series of photos taken around Cologne/Köln, the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich). -
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 […] -
In photos: people looking at art, doors, films and workmen, Tate Modern, London
Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2016 | No CommentsI visited the Tate Modern recently. Here’s what I saw. -
Behold the audio majesty of the 1970s Amstrad Integra 4000 Mk II amplifier
Posted on Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 | No CommentsI spotted this old Amstrad amp in the window of a Cardiff comic shop recently, and was instantly reminded of the bitter-sweet times I had when I owned one. With its […] -
Hubble’s mind-blowing high-def view of the Andromeda Galaxy shows over 100 million stars
Posted on Wednesday, Jan 7, 2015 | No CommentsFile this one under ‘M’ for ‘Mindblowing.’ NASA has assembled the largest ever Hubble Space Telescope image showing a portion of the Andromeda galaxy – and it is truly astonishing. -
Watch this incredible 4k video created by an International Space Station astronaut
Posted on Monday, Dec 29, 2014 | 1 CommentA newly released six-minute timelapse video shot by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst provides a beautiful and humbling view of Planet Earth. -
It’ll be Christmas when I see the Coca Cola lorry looking like this
Posted on Friday, Dec 19, 2014 | No CommentsIt’s been bad enough having irrelevant, commercialised American rubbish like Black Friday and Cyber Monday thrust upon us Brits, but I really draw the line at this ludicrous Christmas Coca Cola […] -
From the Valleys to the Roxy: Welsh punk rock dreams from the 1970s
Posted on Monday, Mar 31, 2014 | 2 CommentsHere’s the story of how the punk revolution changed everything for this Welsh boy living in Cardiff in the 1970s, and how the dreams of rock’n’roll stardom took a blow when […] -
Astronauts talk about seeing Earth from space – fantastic video
Posted on Sunday, Nov 17, 2013 | No CommentsIf you’ve got a spare 20 minutes or so, I warmly recommend you watch this fascinating video, which talks to astronauts about their time in space, and features some stunning […] -
NASA releases stunning video footage of a rotating Moon
Posted on Wednesday, Sep 18, 2013 | No CommentsNASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been circling the Moon for over years, gathering an unprecedented amount of data about our nearest neighbour. -
How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station
Posted on Monday, Apr 15, 2013 | No CommentsThese two fascinating videos show what life is like 220 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station – and also explains how astronauts get to sleep in space.