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London pics: Christmas lights, rain, Pixel 3 and a bloke dragging a golden cross, Dec 2018
Posted on Sunday, Dec 9, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photos from a rainy walk around central London on a rainy Saturday afternoon in December. -
In photos: Anish Kapoor’s Symphony for a Beloved Daughter at the Royal Academy, London, July 2018
Posted on Friday, Jul 20, 2018 | 1 CommentThe celebrations for the Royal Academy’s 250th Summer Exhibition sees this striking sculpture by Anish Kapoor dominating the courtyard outside Burlington House in central London. -
![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 […] -
![A German-based photo gallery and store with more than 40 outlets worldwide, LUMAS is an upmarket place that appeals to folks who want some kind of art on their wall […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/lumas-photo-gallery-01-115x115.jpg "LUMAS of Mayfair, London: the poshest photo gallery I’ve ever set foot in")
LUMAS of Mayfair, London: the poshest photo gallery I’ve ever set foot in
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 12, 2017 | No CommentsA German-based photo gallery and store with more than 40 outlets worldwide, LUMAS is an upmarket place that appeals to folks who want some kind of art on their wall […] -
The return of the Golf Sale guy in a hat, Regent Street, London W1
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 | No CommentsWith Westminster council banning the large-scale street placards that used to pepper the West End streets, the folks behind the Golf Sale business have had to downsize their advertising methods. -
![There was a time when central London was full of record stores, but On The Beat records is one of the few survivors. Tucked away in Hanway Street off Tottenham Court Road […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/on-the-beat-records-london-01-115x115.jpg "On The Beat Records, 22 Hanway Street, London W1 – a great old record store")
On The Beat Records, 22 Hanway Street, London W1 – a great old record store
Posted on Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 | 2 CommentsThere was a time when central London was full of record stores, but On The Beat records is one of the few survivors. Tucked away in Hanway Street off Tottenham Court Road […] -
‘Lice Sex Shop,’ bookshops, old hospitals and autumnal London street scenes
Posted on Friday, Oct 22, 2010 | 1 CommentAmusingly damaged neon sign in the window of a Licensed Sex Shop, Charing Cross Road, W1.