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- WIN two tickets for this year’s Green Gathering Festival in Chepstow, Wales, 2nd-5th Aug 2018
- In photos: Anish Kapoor’s Symphony for a Beloved Daughter at the Royal Academy, London, July 2018
- Donald Trump protest: Londoners come out in force with hilarious banners, Fri 13th July 2018
- Donald Trump blimp rises into the London skies, Fri 13th July 2018 – photos
- In photos: First London protests against Donald Trump visit, with big demo expected tomorrow
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- amon on In photos: Anish Kapoor’s Symphony for a Beloved Daughter at the Royal Academy, London, July 2018
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- Get your bike ready for the summer with free Dr Bike check-up in Windrush Square, Brixton tonight, Weds 4th July on Here’s what happens when you don’t lock your bike properly outside Brixton tube
- Richard on See the ruins of Brixton Castle, set in a delightful little park named after a jazz drummer
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The return of the Golf Sale guy in a hat, Regent Street, London W1
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 | No CommentsWith Westminster council banning the large-scale street placards that used to pepper the West End streets, the folks behind the Golf Sale business have had to downsize their advertising methods. -
Graffiti artist Banksy on public advertising: ‘It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use’
Posted on Monday, Sep 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsI’m loving this angry diatribe by the graffiti artist Banksy about advertising. I share his sentiments exactly. -
![You may be feeling a bit sorry for yourself as it’s a Monday morning – but – come on – things have got to be better than what this poor […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/worst-job-london-01-115x115.jpg "No matter how bad your Monday morning is…(worst job in London?)")
No matter how bad your Monday morning is…(worst job in London?)
Posted on Monday, Feb 21, 2011 | 5 CommentsYou may be feeling a bit sorry for yourself as it’s a Monday morning – but – come on – things have got to be better than what this poor […] -
![Sandwich board men have been on the streets of London for centuries, providing cheap and effective advertising for local businesses. Go back two hundred years and you would have seen […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sandwich-boards-london-115x115.jpg "Crap London jobs: the sandwich board man")
Crap London jobs: the sandwich board man
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 | No CommentsSandwich board men have been on the streets of London for centuries, providing cheap and effective advertising for local businesses. Go back two hundred years and you would have seen […] -
![London billboards and sandwich board men So, you’re walking along The Strand in 1838, minding your own business, when suddenly you’re confronted with a line of walking metal pots. Is […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/billboard-115x115.jpg "London billboards and sandwich board men")
London billboards and sandwich board men
Posted on Wednesday, Sep 1, 2004 | 1 CommentLondon billboards and sandwich board men So, you’re walking along The Strand in 1838, minding your own business, when suddenly you’re confronted with a line of walking metal pots. Is […]