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In photos: Look Shopping Street in Shin Koenji, Tokyo, Japan
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 7, 2020 | No CommentsLocated a short train ride from Shinjuku, Look Shopping Street in Tokyo is a great place to browse for second-hand clothing at bargain prices. Here’s some photos from my recent visit: -
![Today, Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters took part in a major demonstration across central London. Roads and bridges were blocked as campaigners parked a boat at Oxford Circus and blocked Marble […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/extinction-rebellion-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Extinction Rebellion direct action protests in central London, Mon 15th April 2019")
In photos: Extinction Rebellion direct action protests in central London, Mon 15th April 2019
Posted on Monday, Apr 15, 2019 | No CommentsToday, Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters took part in a major demonstration across central London. Roads and bridges were blocked as campaigners parked a boat at Oxford Circus and blocked Marble […] -
![My east London wanderings along the River Lea Navigation took me to the Here East tech park in Stratford, which was completely deserted at 7pm on a Sunday night. Here’s some […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hear-east-tech-park-01-115x115.jpg "Hubs & clusters. A walk around a deserted tech park at night: Here East, Stratford, east London, Feb 2019")
Hubs & clusters. A walk around a deserted tech park at night: Here East, Stratford, east London, Feb 2019
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019 | No CommentsMy east London wanderings along the River Lea Navigation took me to the Here East tech park in Stratford, which was completely deserted at 7pm on a Sunday night. Here’s some […] -
![Here’s a listing of the most popular posts on this blog over 2018 – and it makes for quite an eclectic collection of articles covering a diverse range of topics […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/popular-posts-2018-115x115.jpg "The Top 12 posts of 2018 – dangling sneakers, fake houses, festival searches, turbines, drums, pyramids and recording studios")
The Top 12 posts of 2018 – dangling sneakers, fake houses, festival searches, turbines, drums, pyramids and recording studios
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a listing of the most popular posts on this blog over 2018 – and it makes for quite an eclectic collection of articles covering a diverse range of topics […] -
![I’m not entirely sure why I got sent this press release from BT, but it’s quite interesting stuff, with loads of facts about the almighty surge in 999 calls caused […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/999-nye-115x115.jpg "New Year’s Eve in the UK: The 999 service’s busiest night of the year – and stupid calls listed")
New Year’s Eve in the UK: The 999 service’s busiest night of the year – and stupid calls listed
Posted on Thursday, Dec 27, 2018 | 1 CommentI’m not entirely sure why I got sent this press release from BT, but it’s quite interesting stuff, with loads of facts about the almighty surge in 999 calls caused […] -
In photos: Blaenau Ffestiniog and a narrow gauge steam journey to Tan-y-Bwlch in Snowdonia, Aug 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 14, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s some photos from a recent visit to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales, with our day trip taking in a journey on the Ffestiniog Railway to Tan-y-Bwlch and back. -
![Serving 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wapping-old-rose-pub-01-115x115.jpg "Lost Pubs of London: The Old Rose, The Highway, Wapping E1 – ‘vinegar beer, green interior and odd locals’")
Lost Pubs of London: The Old Rose, The Highway, Wapping E1 – ‘vinegar beer, green interior and odd locals’
Posted on Thursday, Dec 28, 2017 | 9 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 […] -
![This 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/boomtown-faces-2017-01-115x115.jpg "Faces of Boomtown 2017: Seventy photos taken around the festival site")
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 […] -
![If 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/icebreaker-ambient-115x115.jpg "Relax to the chilly ambient sounds of a frozen icebreaker in the Arctic")
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 […] -
![Suburbia has always filed me with fear: growing up in north Cardiff I used to dread the silence and monotony of suburban Sundays, where every shop was closed and the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/braintree-deep-dull-surburbia-13-115x115.jpg "Braintree: a look at deepest, dullest suburbia in Essex where modernism unexpectedly lurks")
Braintree: a look at deepest, dullest suburbia in Essex where modernism unexpectedly lurks
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2017 | 1 CommentSuburbia has always filed me with fear: growing up in north Cardiff I used to dread the silence and monotony of suburban Sundays, where every shop was closed and the […] -
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). -
![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 […] -
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. -
![I 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/amstra-integra-4000-mkii-4-115x115.jpg "Behold the audio majesty of the 1970s Amstrad Integra 4000 Mk II amplifier")
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.