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Clubs & Nightlife / London / music / Places

See the London Astoria disappear in front of your own eyes!

Tue 24th May, 2011Tue 24th May, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

A few minutes of time lapse video footage have been released showing the much-loved London Astoria venue disappearing into dust, a casualty of the all-conquering CrossRail project.

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Brixton / photos / Places

The politician, the illusionist and the ‘wonderful talking machine,’ 322 Brixton Road

Tue 24th May, 2011Tue 24th May, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

It’s still looks a little bit wonky after its recent refurbishment, but this building currently up for sale at 322 Brixton Road, London SW9 once enjoyed a rather more glamorous past. It was …

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London / Places

Striking aerial video footage of the London Shard

Mon 23rd May, 2011Mon 23rd May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve been engrossed by the rise of the magnificent London Bridge Shard –  set to be Europes tallest building – and construction firm Mace have just released a video showing off …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / music / Places

The Lovely Eggs rock Brixton Offline

Sun 22nd May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This was one of the best Offline shows this year, with a fantastic crowd and one of my favourite bands, The Lovely Eggs onstage. Here’s some pics:

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New York / Places / railways

Pic of the day: NYC subway scene

Sat 21st May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Busy scene on an early morning Manhattan subway. [More New York photos]

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London / photos / Places / railways

Tottenham Court Road and Crossrail – one almighty building site

Fri 20th May, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

The massive CrossRail project which saw the much-loved Astoria music venue biting the dust continues apace in central London, with vast areas of Soho turned into construction sites.

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festivals / music

Yellow hat, bumblebee and the Super Furry Animals at Glastonbury

Thu 19th May, 2011Thu 19th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I thought I’d share this photo with you from the rainy, sludgy mudfest that was Glastonbury 2007. With the sun briefly coming out during the Super Furry Animals set, I noticed a little …

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Brixton / photos / Places

London Street Photography Festival, July 2011, London

Thu 19th May, 2011Thu 19th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Serving up a diverse program of world-class photography, exhibitions and interactive events across London from the 1st-31st July is the London Street Photography Festival 2011.

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London / Places

Berners Hotel in central London gets rebranded as ‘Edition’

Wed 18th May, 2011Wed 18th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Dating back to 1835 and originally starting life as five grand residential houses, the historic Berners Hotel in London is currently enjoying extensive refurbishment, and its rather delightful Edwardian architecture …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / Places

Friday 20th May – don’t miss The Lovely Eggs at Brixton Offline!

Tue 17th May, 2011Tue 17th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I really, really like this band and am dead chuffed to have booked them in for an Offline Club night in Brixton on Friday 20th May. They’ll be onstage around …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / photos / Places

Brixton, 04:45am. Let the Jager Bombs commence!

Mon 16th May, 2011Mon 16th May, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

This was the scene late, late Saturday night at the Offline after-show party. In case you’ve never enjoyed a Jager Bomb yourself, it’s made up of one shot of Jägermeister …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / photos / Places

Four bands at Brixton’s Plan B (Offline club photos)

Mon 16th May, 2011Mon 16th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On Saturday night we put on out first ever Offline club night at Brixton’s fabulous Plan B venue. I was really impressed with the venue – the staff were great to work …

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London / photos / Places

The soaring kite hawks of Piccadilly

Sat 14th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Soaring over the fabulously over-the-top  baroque roof-line of The Ritz by Green Park can be spotted this kite, which is rather convincingly shaped like a hawk.

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / Places

Prince Albert Brixton – DJ night photos!

Sat 14th May, 2011Sat 14th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last night we put on a lively DJ night at the Prince Albert – Brixton’s finest and friendliest boozer as far as I’m concerned – and the crowd were particularly up for …

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Brixton / London / photos / Places

Visit the Getty Images photo gallery, Oxford Circus, London

Fri 13th May, 2011Fri 13th May, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

It is perhaps not as well known as the (currently closed) Photographers Gallery nearby, but there’s been some cracking photo exhibitions at the Getty Images Gallery. Situated close to Oxford Circus …

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Brixton / photos / Places

Brixton’s past: New Orleans style funeral procession on Brixton Road

Wed 11th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Seen making its way slowly up Brixton Road on a wet summer afternoon in 1993 was this New Orleans style funeral procession. Just behind the band is the coffin, which …

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London / photos / Places / railways

St Pancras: brown bowler hatted football stand off

Tue 10th May, 2011Tue 10th May, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

These kids were enjoying a kick about on the newly restored space outside St Pancras station, when this fella in the natty brown bowler told them to shove orf and …

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London / photos / Places

The plinth, the artist and contortionist, Trafalgar Square, May 2011

Mon 9th May, 2011Mon 9th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

If you can’t get enough of street performers and bizarrely garbed people standing still for long periods of time, then the good news is that you no longer have to …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / London / photos / Places

Dulwich Ukulele Club May Ball – Japanese rock, go-go and ukuleles

Mon 9th May, 2011Mon 9th May, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

With Japanese rock, Morris dancers, Actionettes and our good friends the Dulwich Ukulele Club playing live, the May Ball at the St. Thomas More hall in East Dulwich was well worth …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / Places

Electro-pop at Brixton Offline Club with Marble Fairy

Sun 8th May, 2011Sun 8th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s some photos from Friday’s lively gig at the Prince Albert in Brixton, with Marble Fairy laying down the thumping electro dance beats.

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London / Places

Really Free School booted out of the Hand and Racquet, Whitcomb St, London

Sat 7th May, 2011Thu 31st July, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The building had lain empty for years on end, so I was pleased when the Really Free School squatted this old central London pub and put it to productive use.

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photos / Places / Wales / wales

Cooling off in Cardiff Bay at the Torchwood Tower

Sat 7th May, 2011Sat 7th May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On a red hot August afternoon in 2004, kids are seen cooling off in the water feature in Cardiff bay (also known as the Torchwood Tower after its appearances  in the  BBC …

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Brixton / Places

Guinness trust estate campaign continues in Brixton [video]

Fri 6th May, 2011 - by editor - 11 Comments.

Here’s the second part of the award winning ‘9 stories Brixton’ film about a residents group on the Guinness trust estate in Brixton (see part one here).

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London / photos / Places

A spring strut through the Barbican estate, London

Thu 5th May, 2011Thu 5th May, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

It has to be said that parts of it are looking a bit run down these days, although the vast Barbican estate in the City of London remains a desirable …

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Brixton / Places

We salute the awesome might of Brixton Cycles!

Wed 4th May, 2011Wed 4th May, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Opening  in January 1983, the first premises for Brixton Cycles was on Coldharbour Lane, conveniently opposite the Prince Albert pub. The business has been run as a co-op since the offset, …

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London / Places

Newman Passage, Fitrovia – a walk into London’s past

Tue 3rd May, 2011Mon 2nd May, 2011 - by editor - 6 Comments.

Veritably dripping with Victorian atmosphere is Newman Passage, a narrow alleyway in Fitzrovia linking Newman and Rathbone Streets.

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Brixton / Places

Brixton Windmill reopens to big crowds

Tue 3rd May, 2011Tue 3rd May, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

A huge crowd turned out yesterday for the official reopening of the Brixton Windmill, which first opened in 1817. Here’s some photos from the procession up Brixton Hill and the party in …

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London / Places

The oddest anti-royal wedding protest of the lot, Oxford Street

Mon 2nd May, 2011Mon 2nd May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

There were all sorts of protests and expressions of disinterest towards last weekend’s Royal Wedding, but this one-woman campaign seen on Oxford Street had to be the strangest.

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / Places

Punk vs Country Brixton showdown – knees-up and a pile on!

Sun 1st May, 2011Sun 1st May, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We had a particularly lively Offline night on Friday, with two great acts and a delightfully wild crowd.

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / London / Places

Zombie brides, samba drummers and magic at our anti royal bash

Sat 30th April, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

The Offline anti-royal wedding bash at the Stockwell Grosvenor on Thursday was a smash, with zombie brides,  massed drummers, a magician and lots of sweet Wills and Kate-shunning rock and roll. Oh, and …

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