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![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/west-end-november-2017-01-115x115.jpg "Wim Wenders, alleyways and a monster bauble – London’s West End in photos, Nov 2017")
Wim Wenders, alleyways and a monster bauble – London’s West End in photos, Nov 2017
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017 | 1 CommentDecember 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 […] -
FFS: Christmas decorations go up in London’s Oxford Circus at the beginning of OCTOBER!
Posted on Monday, Oct 9, 2017 | 1 CommentNow this is just a world of wrong. October has barely got started and already there’s a bloody massive sign for Christmas up in London’s Oxford Circus. -
United For Palestine: anti-Israel Protest on Oxford Street, London
Posted on Monday, Jul 4, 2016 | 2 CommentsThis sizeable, but peaceful, protest was seen progressing down Oxford Street yesterday afternoon. I grabbed a few photos as it passed by: -
![Here’s a selection of street shots taken around central London late yesterday afternoon. For those who like to know these kind of things, the photos were taken with a three year […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/london-street-scenes-2015-011-115x115.jpg "London street scenes – tourist tack, horse-drawn bus, photo exhibitions and the first Christmas tree, Nov 2015")
London street scenes – tourist tack, horse-drawn bus, photo exhibitions and the first Christmas tree, Nov 2015
Posted on Friday, Nov 20, 2015 | 1 CommentHere’s a selection of street shots taken around central London late yesterday afternoon. For those who like to know these kind of things, the photos were taken with a three year […] -
![December is still several days away, but the Christmas frenzy is already in full flow around central London, as the shop tills start to ring out their seasonal fanfare. The […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/christmas-london-2014-011-115x115.jpg "An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch")
An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 26, 2014 | No CommentsDecember is still several days away, but the Christmas frenzy is already in full flow around central London, as the shop tills start to ring out their seasonal fanfare. The […] -
![Late Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nov-2014-london-park-walk-14-115x115.jpg "An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street")
An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street
Posted on Monday, Nov 10, 2014 | No CommentsLate Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube […] -
London photos – September rain, Tower Hill, St Katherine’s Dock and a goldbeater’s arm
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013 | No CommentsTourists prepare to face the rain at Tower Hill tube station. -
Houses held up by metal girders, 149 Oxford Street, London
Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | No CommentsI came across this rather dramatic looking structure on 149-151 Oxford Street, central London, made up of a collection of long, angled metal girders holding up two adjacent buildings. -
Remembering Joe Strummer, 10th Anniversary Memorial at the 100 Club, London
Posted on Monday, Dec 24, 2012 | No CommentsTo commemorate the ten years since punk icon Joe Strummer died, a Strummerville charity event was put on at the famous 100 Club in the heart of London.