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![La Mercè is the annual festival of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, and a major part of the festivities is the parade through the streets of papier maché “giants” […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gegants-barcelona-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: The parade of giants, La Mercè festival, Barcelona, Spain")
In photos: The parade of giants, La Mercè festival, Barcelona, Spain
Posted on Tuesday, Jun 11, 2019 | No CommentsLa Mercè is the annual festival of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, and a major part of the festivities is the parade through the streets of papier maché “giants” […] -
![We were in Barcelona last year for the Monochrome Set show, and the next day we witnessed a host of fascinating public events taking place around the city centre as […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/barcelona-la-merce-festival-castellers-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: The Castellers and scarf-wavers of Barcelona’s La Mercè Festival")
In photos: The Castellers and scarf-wavers of Barcelona’s La Mercè Festival
Posted on Friday, May 24, 2019 | No CommentsWe were in Barcelona last year for the Monochrome Set show, and the next day we witnessed a host of fascinating public events taking place around the city centre as […] -
London photos: Royal Academy, Mayfair, Soho, William Eggleston exhibition, street views and more, May 2019
Posted on Monday, May 20, 2019 | No CommentsLast 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: -
![Housing the “largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world,” Kew Gardens is a botanical garden founded in 1840, and can claim to be of London’s top tourist […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kew-gardens-2019-01-115x115.jpg "Fifty photos of the wonderful Kew Gardens including the Palm House, treetop walkway and amazing plants")
Fifty photos of the wonderful Kew Gardens including the Palm House, treetop walkway and amazing plants
Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2019 | No CommentsHousing the “largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world,” Kew Gardens is a botanical garden founded in 1840, and can claim to be of London’s top tourist […] -
![Contemporary British installation artist Mike Nelson has transformed the grand spaces of the Duveen Galleries at the Tate Britain into ‘something between a sculpture court and an asset strippers’ warehouse.’ […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/asset-strippers-tate-britain-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: The Asset Strippers installation by Mike Nelson at Tate Britain")
In photos: The Asset Strippers installation by Mike Nelson at Tate Britain
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | 2 CommentsContemporary British installation artist Mike Nelson has transformed the grand spaces of the Duveen Galleries at the Tate Britain into ‘something between a sculpture court and an asset strippers’ warehouse.’ […] -
![With each fresh new luxury development adding a new slab of ugliness, the Vauxhall skyline has become a hideous, shiny mess, dominated by the thusting phallus of the ridiculous St […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ugly-vauxhall-skyline-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: the unspeakable ugliness of Vauxhall’s St George Wharf riverside development and tower")
In photos: the unspeakable ugliness of Vauxhall’s St George Wharf riverside development and tower
Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019 | 2 CommentsWith each fresh new luxury development adding a new slab of ugliness, the Vauxhall skyline has become a hideous, shiny mess, dominated by the thusting phallus of the ridiculous St […] -
![I’ve long been fascinated by the BT Tower, and back in March 2004, I was lucky enough to get a trip to the top of this Grade II listed structure. […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/trip-up-the-bt-tower-2004-01-115x115.jpg "In photos – a trip to the top of London’s BT Tower in March 2004")
In photos – a trip to the top of London’s BT Tower in March 2004
Posted on Thursday, Mar 28, 2019 | No CommentsI’ve long been fascinated by the BT Tower, and back in March 2004, I was lucky enough to get a trip to the top of this Grade II listed structure. […] -
![Here’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail. Read more […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/london-photos-november-2008-01-115x115.jpg "Lost London: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008")
Lost London: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail. Read more […] -
A damp and grey day in Sheffield – with high-level flasher, main roads and The Monochrome Set, Feb 2019
Posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2019 | No CommentsLast weekend, I paid my second visit to Sheffield in recent times and once again failed spectacularly to see anything of what I know is a most excellent city. -
Must see: Doreen Fletcher’s incredible East London urban street paintings at the Nunnery Gallery, London E3
Posted on Monday, Feb 4, 2019 | No CommentsEasily my favourite exhibition of the last twelve months, Doreen Fletcher’s Retrospective showcases a stunning collection of urban street views painted around east London. -
A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019
Posted on Friday, Feb 1, 2019 | No CommentsTaken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End. -
Barcelona street photos: graffiti, market life, street art and architecture
Posted on Friday, Jan 25, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a hefty collection of 90 photos taken on the streets of Barcelona, with scenes of street art, market life, graffiti, shoppers, street performers and more. -
![The remains of Brighton’s magnificent West Pier have been doomed to slowly rust away into the English Channel after a series of unexplained fires followed by storm damage made all […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/brighton-west-pier-i360-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Brighton’s West Pier falls into the sea while its i360 tower successor flounders, Nov 2018")
In photos: Brighton’s West Pier falls into the sea while its i360 tower successor flounders, Nov 2018
Posted on Monday, Nov 19, 2018 | 1 CommentThe remains of Brighton’s magnificent West Pier have been doomed to slowly rust away into the English Channel after a series of unexplained fires followed by storm damage made all […] -
PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, Nov 2018
Posted on Monday, Nov 12, 2018 | No CommentsFirst exhibited on the roof of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016, Cornelia Parker’s Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) makes for a striking centrepiece of the Royal Academy’s courtyard in central London. -
![An ultra-modern scientific and cultural complex known in Spanish as la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences offers breathtaking architecture housing Europe’s largest aquarium, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/valencia-city-arts-sciences-01-115x115.jpg "The incredible futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain – in photos")
The incredible futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain – in photos
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 2, 2018 | No CommentsAn ultra-modern scientific and cultural complex known in Spanish as la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences offers breathtaking architecture housing Europe’s largest aquarium, […]