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![London is blessed with loads of free museums and art galleries, and yesterday I took shelter from the blazing heat to take a pleasing stroll around the National Portrait Gallery […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/national-portrait-gallery-01-115x115.jpg "National Portrait Gallery, London – a quick photo tour")
National Portrait Gallery, London – a quick photo tour
Posted on Tuesday, Jun 20, 2017 | No CommentsLondon is blessed with loads of free museums and art galleries, and yesterday I took shelter from the blazing heat to take a pleasing stroll around the National Portrait Gallery […] -
![We may be six days into June, but Londoners got a real drenching today as the skies opened up and sent people reaching for their umbrellas. Here’s a series of photos […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rainy-day-london-umbrellas-01-115x115.jpg "Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton")
Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton
Posted on Tuesday, Jun 6, 2017 | No CommentsWe may be six days into June, but Londoners got a real drenching today as the skies opened up and sent people reaching for their umbrellas. Here’s a series of photos […] -
![I love this work by the Turner Prize winning artist Chris Ofili currently on show at the National Gallery. Admission is free. Commissioned by the Clothworkers’ Company (a livery company in the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: Weaving Magic by Chris Ofili at the National Gallery")
In photos: Weaving Magic by Chris Ofili at the National Gallery
Posted on Monday, May 22, 2017 | No CommentsI love this work by the Turner Prize winning artist Chris Ofili currently on show at the National Gallery. Admission is free. Commissioned by the Clothworkers’ Company (a livery company in the […] -
![Currently taking place at the Chelsea College of Arts is the interim show for the MA Textile Design and MA Interior Spatial Design courses. Running until the 15th May 2017, the work can […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/chelsea-ma-textile-design-01-115x115.jpg "Chelsea MA Textile Design and Interior Spatial Design show: abstract shapes, colours and forms")
Chelsea MA Textile Design and Interior Spatial Design show: abstract shapes, colours and forms
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2017 | No CommentsCurrently taking place at the Chelsea College of Arts is the interim show for the MA Textile Design and MA Interior Spatial Design courses. Running until the 15th May 2017, the work can […] -
Neon galore at the Tate Britain’s new light display by Cerith Wyn Evans, ‘Forms In Space’
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017 | No CommentsI love a bit of neon art, and there’s a splendid display on at the Tate Britain in London right now, created by Welsh artist, Cerith Wyn Evans. -
Some people really want to believe: Conspiracy Week at the Photographer’s Gallery, London
Posted on Monday, Feb 13, 2017 | No CommentsAs part of #ConspiracyWeek, London’s Photography Gallery is hosting a series of events until the 19th February 2017, exploring the increasing confusion between fact and fiction in a post-truth world. -
Putney at night: river views, Putney Bridge, the Half Moon and street views
Posted on Thursday, Feb 2, 2017 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of night-time views of Putney in south London, taken on a chilly Friday night at the end of January. -
![I meant to post these pics from the Imperial War Museum ages ago (they’re from June last year), so apologies for the delay. It’s a great museum to visit anyway, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/imperial-war-museum-anti-nuclear-01-115x115.jpg "The Imperial War Museum and Anti Nuclear Protest Movement photos")
The Imperial War Museum and Anti Nuclear Protest Movement photos
Posted on Friday, Jan 27, 2017 | 1 CommentI meant to post these pics from the Imperial War Museum ages ago (they’re from June last year), so apologies for the delay. It’s a great museum to visit anyway, […] -
![London is a great walking city, and there’s plenty of interesting strolls you can take, even when the weather is a bit crap. On a damp and misty Sunday, we got […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vauxhall-chelsea-saatchi-16-115x115.jpg "A grey and misty walk from Vauxhall to Chelsea and the Saatchi Gallery, London")
A grey and misty walk from Vauxhall to Chelsea and the Saatchi Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Jan 12, 2017 | 2 CommentsLondon is a great walking city, and there’s plenty of interesting strolls you can take, even when the weather is a bit crap. On a damp and misty Sunday, we got […] -
There Will be Fun: Victorian entertainments on show at the British Library in free exhibition
Posted on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | No CommentsRunning until the 12th March 2017, the British Library’s “There Will Be Fun” exhibition explores popular Victorian entertainments which have shaped the theatrical traditions of today. -
Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams’ The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London
Posted on Friday, Oct 14, 2016 | No CommentsI’ve seen a fair few shows at The Barbican’s unusual Curve gallery, but The Gulch by Bedwyr Williams proved to be one of my favourites. -
Street preacher, closed sex shops and street art: Soho photos, October 2016
Posted on Monday, Oct 10, 2016 | No CommentsHere’s a series of photos snapped during a recent walk around Soho. All the photos were taken on a battered three-year old Ricoh GR compact camera. -
![Yesterday I was fortunate enough to spend time at the BBC’s famous studio complex at Maida Vale, recording live tracks with my old/new band The Monochrome Set for Marc Riley’s BBC6 Music […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bbc-maida-vale-studio-mv3-01-1-115x115.jpg "A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London")
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 | 1 CommentYesterday I was fortunate enough to spend time at the BBC’s famous studio complex at Maida Vale, recording live tracks with my old/new band The Monochrome Set for Marc Riley’s BBC6 Music […] -
![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 […] -
Writing on the wall: Parastou Forouhar’s Written Room at Pi Artworks, London
Posted on Friday, Aug 26, 2016 | No CommentsI enjoyed stumbling across this simple but striking artwork on display at the Pi Artworks gallery in 55 Eastcastle Street by Oxford Circus, London, back in July this year.