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Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, June 2020
The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has reduced the once bustling centre of London into a ghost town, with almost all its shops, businesses, cafes and bars remaining closed for over two …
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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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FFS: Christmas decorations go up in London’s Oxford Circus at the beginning of OCTOBER!
Now 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.
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London street scenes – tourist tack, horse-drawn bus, photo exhibitions and the first Christmas tree, Nov 2015
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 …
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An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch
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 …
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An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street
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 …
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London photos – September rain, Tower Hill, St Katherine’s Dock and a goldbeater’s arm
Tourists prepare to face the rain at Tower Hill tube station.
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Houses held up by metal girders, 149 Oxford Street, London
I 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.
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Remembering Joe Strummer, 10th Anniversary Memorial at the 100 Club, London
To 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.
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