Brixton’s saddest Santa
Spotted outside the Hootenanny pub on Effra Road, SW2 was this tragically legless – and headless – Santa.
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London’s Shoreditch turns into Williamsburg (circa 2005)
Currently swarming with hipsters, estate agents, career-seeking graffiti artists, wannabe musicians, website-promoting entrepreneurs, record-bag clutching DJs and – thankfully – a fair few normal people, is the area of Shoreditch in east London.
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Brixton Kettle The Met – protest outside Brixton Police Station
In protest at the violent police tactics seen on Thursday’s anti-education cuts rally at Parliament, a demo was held outside Brixton police station.
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New York photos: subways, buskers, transvestites and fallout shelters
Here’s another selection of photos from our December 2010 NYC trip, starting with these buskers on Bedford Avenue subway station, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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It was only a matter of time until someone created one of these – and this one was definitely worth the wait.
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Brixton Village: Christmas trees and herring shots
The Green Workshop in Brixton Village is a great place to bag yourself a sustainable Christmas tree. We invested in two exceptionally cute mini-trees from there, so there’ll be no plasticky monstrosities in our household this festive season! Huzzah!
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Union Square Greenmarket – Farmers’ Market in New York
Last week, I took another look around the busy farmers’ market in Union Square, New York City. If you’re looking for apples in the Big Apple, this is the place to …
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Brixton Offline club – rockabilly and circus ska!
We had another ace Offline Club night at the Brixton Prince Albert last night, featuring the full throttle rock’n’roll of the Silver Brazilians with the ten piece circus ska of Orchestra Pirouette in …
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Frozen lake in St James’s Park, London
Britain has been gripped by a cold snap that is turning December into one of the coldest on record.
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Parliament student protest, 9th Dec 2010 – photos
The student protest at Parliament today was loud and lively.
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Student protest: pic of the day
Protester slaps ‘fuck’ sticker on BBC reporter making live TV broadcast. Lots of photos from the protest here and check out the urban75 discussion thread.
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More New York snaps
Another handful of pics hot from the (cold) streets of Noo Yoik!
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A walk through the Barbican, London
I love walking along the elevated walkways around the Barbican on a weekend when there’s barely a soul around.
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A trip to the Museum of London
One of the world’s biggest urban history museums, the Museum of London has over two million objects in its collection and holds the largest archaeological archive in Europe.
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New York City snapshots
Here’s some camera phone pics from NYC (using the HTC Desire phone and the Vignette app). Above is a scene in Williamsburg, with cranes looming in a chilly winter sky.
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Unseen Brixton: Orphan’s Yard, SW9
Situated underneath the railway tracks running above Barrington Road in Brixton is Orphan’s Yard.
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Ukuleles galore! Dulwich Ukulele Club at Brixton Offline
We had a fabulous night at the Brixton Prince Albert on Friday, with the fantastic Dulwich Ukulele Club playing a rip roaring set.
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Brixton Village: now open on Sundays
The success story of Brixton Village continues, with the formerly run down indoor market enjoying a real resurgence – and now opening on Sundays for the first time.
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Effra FC photography exhibition, Brixton
Opening this Thursday 25th at the Sun and Doves, Coldharbour Lane is this excellent photo exhibition. [website]
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Actionettes at the Fox and Firkin, Lewisham, London
Last night I ventured deep into the uncharted waters of Lewisham to check out The Actionettes and The Instants playing the Fox and Firkin, betwixt Lewisham and Ladywell.
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Brixton snaps: HTC Desire and Vignette app
I got told off for going overboard on the fantastic Vignette photo app on my Android HTC Desire phone, so, suitably chastised for over-egging the photo processing pie, I’ve intentionally …
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London 80GB photo panorama: the biggest in the world
As a panorama dilettante myself, I can’t get enough of zoom-tastic cityscape vistas, although I’d have to start snapping in an amphetamine frenzy to get anywhere near matching Jeffrey Martin’s …
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The London Shard at London Bridge, London SE1 continues to soar
Now reaching the start of the viewing gallery and open air observation deck at floors 64-72 is the Shard tower at London Bridge, which can already claim to be the …
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Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern. Meh
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed many of the exhibitions in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern – particularly the fantastic Weather Project in 2003 – but Ai Weiwei’s work, called …
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Stockwell Grosvenor rock’n’roll! Obscuritones, Dr Vampire + more
It was an evening of hard drinking and great music at the Grosvenor pub, Sidney Road, SW9 last night. The triple bill featured The Obscuritones, Mr Ghost Hot Steppers and …
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Wandsworth Town station in the early evening rain
With its street level buildings suffering a fairly ghastly rebuilding in the not so distant past, Wandsworth Town railway station is a bit of a Spartan affair. Although the island platform has some attractive original buildings and retains …
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Thee Spivs at the Hope and Anchor, Islington N1
Ace rockers (and Offline Club regulars) Thee Spivs put in a dynamite set last night at a packed Hope and Anchor, in Islington, north London.
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Battersea Power Station redevelopment plans get the green light
The long, long running saga of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment has taken many turns. Over the years, all manner of ambitious plans have been presented in super-glossy leaflets backed by king-size …
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Brixton car park awaits its fate
It may be one of the ugliest, most depressing buildings ever put up in Brixton, but the crumbling multi-story car park on Brixton Station Road has become a centre of controversy.
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