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In photos: ECHO – a multi disciplinary performance festival by AAIS at Heal’s department store, London

Tue 22nd March, 2022Tue 22nd March, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Described as a multi disciplinary performance festival featuring 37 sections by the AA Interprofessional  Studio, 2021-2022, ECHO runs until the 25th March 2022 in Heal’s department store on Tottenham Court …

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The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, London
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The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, London

Tue 1st December, 2020Mon 30th November, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Despite a growing cynicism and the sure-fire fact that Christmas 2020 is going to be irredeemably crap for me, I have to admit I liked this little display in Whitfield …

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London 15 Years Ago: Rain, a Banksy in the street, Le Tigre and Centre Point, October 2004
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London 15 Years Ago: Rain, a Banksy in the street, Le Tigre and Centre Point, October 2004

Thu 31st October, 2019Thu 31st October, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a short selection of photos taken around central London fifteen years ago, back in October 2004.

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Swing Both Ways
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Swing Both Ways – nicely subverted street sign in Tottenham Court Road, London

Mon 29th April, 2019 - by editor - 1 Comment

I loved this street sign on Tottenham Court Road that had been wittily subverted.

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A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer - in photos, Jan 2019
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A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019

Fri 1st February, 2019Fri 1st February, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Taken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End.

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Christmas rain - Soho lights reflected in the pavements, Dec 2017
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Christmas rain – Soho lights reflected in the rainy pavements of London, Dec 2017

Mon 18th December, 2017 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Here’s another set of photos taken around Soho this weekend, showing the rainy streets of the capital a week before Christmas.

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London's West End in November: Wim Wenders, alleyways and a monster bauble - photos
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Wim Wenders, alleyways and a monster bauble – London’s West End in photos, Nov 2017

Tue 28th November, 2017 - by editor - 1 Comment

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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Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton
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Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton

Tue 6th June, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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The Fire Breathing Tuba of Tottenham Court Road - unique London busker in action
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The Fire Breathing Tuba of Tottenham Court Road – unique London busker in action

Fri 22nd July, 2016Fri 22nd July, 2016 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Recently, I’ve been methodically documenting the assortment of buskers seen on the streets of Brixton in south London, but this fella with a fire-breathing tuba surely trumps the lot.

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London street scenes - tourist tack, horse-drawn bus, photo exhibitions and the first Christmas tree, Nov 2015
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London street scenes – tourist tack, horse-drawn bus, photo exhibitions and the first Christmas tree, Nov 2015

Fri 20th November, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

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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Tottenham Court Road designer fail - in pictures
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Tottenham Court Road designer fail – in pictures

Tue 20th January, 2015Tue 20th January, 2015 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Architectural designer to client: “Hey, see that clearly visible metal railing that marks the ramp into your  shop entrance. You know, the one that sticks out into the really busy pedestrian thoroughfare?”

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Say goodbye to the old Tottenham Court Road tube station in London
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Say goodbye to the old Tottenham Court Road tube station in London

Mon 12th January, 2015Mon 12th January, 2015 - by editor - 5 Comments.

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve hurtled out of this tube exit heading off to a meeting or a gig – and there’s certainly been a few times I’ve staggered …

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Pic of the day - all weather chatters
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Chatting in the rain, Tottenham Court Road, London – pic of the day

Sat 1st February, 2014Sat 1st February, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

I liked this photo of determined, all-weather chatters that I unearthed from my woefully disorganised photo archives. It was taken on Tottenham Court Road in 2001 – when the street …

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Fitzrovia mural, Whitfield Gardens, off Tottenham Court Road, W1
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The Fitzrovia mural, Whitfield Gardens, off Tottenham Court Road, W1

Tue 4th June, 2013Tue 4th June, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Towards the northern end of Tottenham Court Road can be found a public open space called Whitfield Gardens, which is dominated by a large outdoor painting known as the Fitzrovia mural.

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Coffee and cakes at Damson, St Giles High Street, central London
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Coffee and ruddy good cakes at Damson, St Giles High Street, central London

Wed 29th May, 2013Thu 6th June, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

Putting up a strong challenge to become my cafe of choice when I’m in the Tottenham Court Rd/Covent Garden/Bloomsbury area is the rather lovely Damson Cafe on St Giles High Street.

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Pic of the day: accordion player tries to impress young girls. Pretty much fails
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Pic of the day: accordion player tries to impress young girls. Pretty much fails

Sat 3rd November, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Seen on Tottenham Court Road tonight was this accordion player and his travelling band trying hard to impress these three girls waiting for the bus. Despite many jaunty, rousing choruses only the girl at …

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