Cardiff at Christmas
Just a few snaps from my brief stay in my home town over Christmas. It’s getting hard to reconcile the city with my memories as it’s being redeveloped so fast. …
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Christmas in Wales
We had a fabulous time in Cardiff. Here’s some pics: St Fagans National History Museum is an astonishingly good place to visit, with the open air site containing over 40 …
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Christmas Lights, NY/London
Putting Oxford Street’s desperate offering to shame is the gloriously over-the-top display at the Rockefeller Centre, New York: And here’s the feeble lights on London’s Oxford Street.
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Offline Christmas Party!
This was a ton of fun – we managed to pack in two bands – including a 7-piece ukulele outfit – and a load of DJs in the Prince Albert …
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Christmas in Cardiff
Just back from a lovely few days climbing mountains, scaling hills and scrambling through thorny bushes in and around Cardiff. south Wales. Sadly, the mighty Cardiff City once again failed …
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Brighton at Christmas
Took a day trip down to the south coast yesterday and enjoyed walking around a delightfully deserted Brighton beach. Sad to see the old West Pier continuing its decline. More …
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Christmas in Brixton & the Top 30 CDs of 2006
The urban75 selecta have listed their 30 top CDs from 2006 – check out who’s been rocking their world here:urban75’s albums of the year 2006 Happy bloody Christmas, Brixton 2006 …
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Christmas in Cardiff
Christmas in Cardiff Had a great time up in my home town over Christmas, taking in some lovely country walks in the Brecon Beacons, wolfing down real ale, (half) climbing …
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Buncefield: Are you lit up for Christmas?
Are you lit up for Christmas? A local paper asks: From Hemel Today
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Christmas update Well, I’m half way through the festive season and it hasn’t gone quite to plan. I went back to Cardiff, Wales on Christmas Eve to stay with my …
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Photo feature: all quiet in Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, after the festive season
With the festive season well and truly over, Coal Drops Yard in Kings Cross was all but deserted yesterday. Here’s a selection of photos taken around the area:
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In photos: the magnificent light trails at Kew Gardens, Winter 2021
The wonderful light trail has returned to Kew Gardens for the festive season, with visitors able to enjoy stunning animated landscapes created by over a million lights in the Royal …
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In photos: Battersea Power Station redevelopment – luxury flats, trendy shops and security guards
Once a vital London power station fuelled by Welsh coal, Battersea Power Station is now undergoing the full luxury redevelopment treatment, offering unaffordable apartments and “world-class bars and restaurants, interspersed …
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Neon art against a December sky: Winter Light at the Southbank Centre – in photos
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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Archive pictures: St Ives, Mousehole, Marazion, Cornwall and Devon in August 2005 – fifty photos
Here’s a set of photos taken around Cornwall and Devon some fifteen years ago, on the summer of 2005. Above: deck chairs and St Ives harbour.
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London photos: Royal Academy, Mayfair, Soho, William Eggleston exhibition, street views and more, May 2019
Last Saturday, I went for a leisurely perambulation around central London, looking at some art and architecture along the way. Here’s some photos from my travels:
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In photos: A visit to the stunning ancient Colosseum in Rome
An oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the Colosseum (or Coliseum) is a masterpiece of ancient craftsmanship. Constructed of travertine, tuff, and brick-faced concrete, it …
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The human billboards and sandwich men on the streets of Soho 15 years ago – London history, April 2004
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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New Year’s Eve in the UK: The 999 service’s busiest night of the year – and stupid calls listed
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 …
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Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018
A market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in …
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Autumn in London – photos of street scenes, the British Museum, sweet nothings and rain, Nov 2018
As autumn slowly heads into winter and the nights get longer, here’s a selection of 30 photos taken around central London in mid-November.
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London street views: Discarded knickers, bins, signs and details, October 2018
Here’s some things that caught my eye while walking around central London a couple of days ago. Above: shoes, Hills Place, Oxford Circus.
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The Mrs Mills Experience party singalong band are back!
South London’s rowdy singalong tribute to the much-loved queen of the honky-tonk piano, Mrs Gladys Mills, have announced that they’ll be dusting off the party hats and playing some gigs …
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Barry Island photos: sea, sand, beach huts and Butlin’s
Once a hugely popular tourist destination, Barry Island’s glory days are long behind it, although it’s recently enjoyed some rather splendid improvements along the sea front. Incidentally, Barry Island (Ynys …
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Wim Wenders, alleyways and a monster bauble – London’s West End in photos, Nov 2017
December hasn’t arrived yet but the West End is already in full Christmas mode, with every shop ablaze with festive messages of consumerism and consumption. I battled the crowds earlier …
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Rooftop skating, booze, fondue and Gus’s wonderful roasted chestnuts at Skylight, Tobacco Dock, Wapping, London
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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A trip to Newport, Isle of Wight in photos: ferry, architecture, Quay Arts, The Crispin and street scenes
Over the weekend I ventured forth over The Solent to play a gig with The Monochrome Set on the Isle of Wight. Here’s some photos from the trip:
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Leipzig photos: Trams, steam locomotive, old rocker, posters and graffiti
The second date on my tour with the Monochrome Set saw the band descending on an excessively chilly Leipzig, the largest city in Saxony and Germany’s tenth most populous city, …
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Frosty scenes across Germany – 13 photos of a chilly Europe
Last month, I was travelling across Germany by train with The Monochrome Set, and although my hopes for Christmas card scenes of snow that was deep and crisp and even were …
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Frosty feet, market scenes, CCTV Santa and Chinese baubles: Cardiff photos, December 2016
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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