Cardiff hasn’t seen a White Christmas for a decade, but back in December 2010 the capital looked beautifully festive, with snow covering the streets and surrounding hills. Here’s 22 photos …
Cardiff in the snow – the big Christmas freeze of December 2010 in photos Read More
Growing up in Cardiff – Britain’s wettest city – I’m very familiar with being endlessly pelted with rain, drizzle and thunderous downpours, and yesterday my home town delivered in full …
Photos of the rain-drenched streets of Cardiff – city centre and Llanishen at night, Jan 2020 Read More
Jim, our resident New York snapper, took to the snowy streets of Manhattan yesterday to capture these dramatic views of the streets under snow as temperatures plummeted across the city.
In photos: Snow in Manhattan. Wintry scenes on the streets of New York Read More
Here’s another short selection of photos taken around Cardiff yesterday. It rained for the entire duration of my trip. Here’s some pictures taken on my travels:
Empty chairs, rain-soaked tables and the last of the Christmas lights, Cardiff in photos, 2nd Jan 2018 Read More
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 …
Umbrellas in June: a very rainy day in central London and Brixton Read More
Last month, I was travelling across Germany by train with The Monochrome Set, and although my hopes for Christmas card scenes of snow that was deep and crisp and even were …
Frosty scenes across Germany – 13 photos of a chilly Europe Read More
Yesterday, I travelled to Surrey to watch Dulwich Hamlet take on the Metropolitan Police FC at their East Molesey ground. The game wasn’t that great – Hamlet lost 2-0 – but there were some dramatic scenes …
Ghostly football – players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey Read More
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 …
An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street Read More
New data released by the Met Office confirms what every long suffering Cardiffian already knows – it’s the wettest city in Britain.
It’s official – Cardiff is the wettest city in Britain, followed by Glasgow and Preston Read More
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 …
Chatting in the rain, Tottenham Court Road, London – pic of the day Read More
There’s a murky fog descending over London, evoking memories of the notorious pea-soupers that blighted the capital in the post war period. Above, you can see the top of the St …
A winter fog descends over London Read More
I fear I would be failing in my responsibilities as a seasoned festival-goer to not pass on some words of advice to anyone who has booked their first ticket to …
Warning to Glastonbury festival first-timers – it’s not always that bloody good (see: great mudfests of the past) Read More
The news reporters may scream “Snow Chaos!’ every time a few centimeters of the white stuff sprinkles down on Blighty, but it’s looking pretty tame compared to this astonishing archive footage of a …
Want to see real snow chaos? Check out the chilly tale of the Snowdrift at Bleath Gill Read More
Being a big kid, I love seeing Brixton covered in snow, and there’s still a fairly healthy covering of the stuff on the streets right now. Here’s some photos taken …
A walk around the snowy streets of Brixton, January 2013 Read More
I was hoping to see London covered in clean, crisp white snow, but instead the New Year has started in a more traditional manner, with the capital under a grey, …
A damp and grey London walk along the Albert and Victoria Embankments Read More
There’s a mean and moody sky looming over Brixton right now. Hope it’s not an omen for the New Year!
There’s a mean and brooding sky looming over Brixton Read More
Although nowhere near as the dense or as downright dangerous as the notorious London ‘Pea Soupers‘ of the 1950s, things are still pretty misty around Brixton at the moment, with the town …
It’s a cold, foggy night in Brixton tonight Read More
The sun has finally broken though, but there’s still a lot of ground mist around, as you can see in this view looking towards Brockwell Park from central Brixton.
A misty afternoon in Brixton, south London Read More
A mighty gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy on Monday night caused the collapse of this construction crane boom, perched at the top of a 74-story luxury skyscraper called One57 in Manhattan, …
New York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy Read More
New York is still cleaning up after the huge storm that hit the city on Monday night, and our intrepid US reporter Jim has been taking a look around his nearby streets. …
After the storm – street scenes from the East Village, New York, NYC Read More
The skies are looking pretty angry over Brixton right now, with storm clouds darkening the skies to the south and to the east. Here’s some views taken from Coldharbour Lane.
Some really mean storm clouds are gathering over Brixton Read More
Man oh man it’s rough out there at the moment, with gale force winds and heavy rain and sleet battering the Brixton streets.
Brixton battered by winter storms of rain and sleet Read More
Gor blimey guv’nor, there was a propah, old-fashioned London pea souper over Brixton this morning, with the thick, billowing grey mist reminding me of the Carter USM gig earlier.
Brixton fog, 7am Sunday morning. And a bit about pea soupers Read More
With the UK heading for the hottest, driest Spring since records began, we’ve been praying for a bit of rain down Brixton way for the sake of our ailing plants.
Rain at last in Brixton (and hailstones!) Read MoreThe quagmire returns ‘The chances of getting a heavy downpour are quite small’, said a Met Office spokesman yesterday. Yeah, rrrright. Last night was the meanest, loudest, heaviest and longest …
The quagmire returns – rain in London Read More