Cracking Brixton sunset…
It’s a beaut, no?
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Brixton photos: Camberwell coal hole, market stall and ‘Man Corner’
‘Man Corner’ in the Circus pop up shop, Brixton Village (Granville Arcade).
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Offline – samba, surf, electro, punk and anti-folk!
On Saturday we did our first ever night at the Stockwell Grosvenor, a lovely old school Sarf Landahn boozer with a large backroom stage.
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Pete Doherty at Brixton JAMM
Still hungover after our Friday night bash, Offline DJ regular nipsla and were asked to DJ the solo Pete Doherty show at Brixton JAMM on Saturday night. DJing? And free …
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THE LUCKY FACE, DR VAMPIRE and THE NO FRILLS BAND, Brixton
We had another ace Offline club night at the Brixton Albert. It was Em and Han’s birthday and we had an ace line up of The Lucky Face, The No …
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Brixton Market: five signs
Five shots of signs in Brixton Market (formerly Granville Arcade)…
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Offline red hot rockabilly special!
It was a big night of rockabilly and rock and roll at the Albert on Friday. Double bass’s slapped, guitars twanged, whammy bars were wanged and a feast of mean …
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Piccadilly, South Bank and Green Park, May 2010
I love wandering around London wth my trusty Lumix X3 camera – here’s a few pics from a Friday ramble, starting with a photo of the cranes around Piccadilly.
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Selectors Music Emporium, Brixton
Brixton has lost some fine record stores, but it’s great to see Selectors Music Emporium still serving the community, some 25 years on.
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Brixton Water Lane, old chip shop – and the Windrush ‘water feature’
Snapped on my mobile, here’s a selection of photos from the streets of Brixton. Above is the old Free Off Licence on Railton Road (aka The Frontline). It’s been closed …
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Elephant in Windrush Square, Brixton
From May until July 2010, no less than 257 brightly painted elephants have been placed around the streets and squares of London to help raise money and awareness for endangered …
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Brixton snaps: Grosvenor, Valencia Place and the Village
Valentia Place is like a bit of time-warped 1950s Brixton, with its cobbled road surface breaking through the tarmac, knackered corrugated iron walls and railway arch.
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Filthy Pedro at Offline Club: photos
The photos don’t even come close to capturing the mayhem that accompanies a Filthy Pedro gig, so you’ll have to take it from me that the night was a whole …
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Brixton street snaps, late April
It’s another lovely sunny day in Brixton, so here’s a few snaps from my walk around town. Above: Mime lesson – or is that ‘lessen’? – advertised in Brixton Market.
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As part of the campaign to bring the World Science Fiction Convention to London in 2014, a four minute video montage of movie invasions has been put together. Dr Who …
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Morton Valence at Offline club, Brixton
We put on the fabulous Morton Valence last night at the Albert. They’re a remarkable band surely – surely – destined for greater things, and it was a delight to …
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Streatham High Road in photos
It’s not often I venture south into Streatham, but here’s some photos from Streatham High Road which has the honour of being both Britain’s longest High Street and its worst …
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Two lost pubs of Streatham
I’ve already compiled a depressingly long list of closed pubs in Brixton, but I came across another two on Streatham High Road. The 1882 Bedford Park pub was housed in …
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Offline birthday party photos – it was a big one!
The South London Press may have been getting a bit carried away when they described it as the “party to end all parties,” but as Offline cub nights go, this …
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Offline tonight: “the party to end all parties!”
We’ve just got the most amazingly over the top review in the SLP for our big Offline party in Brixton tonight. The party to end all parties ….part Wild West, …
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Cooked breakfast, Honest Foods, Brixton
Honest Foods on Coldharbour Lane do some of the finest veggie breakfasts in London. Delicious bread and super-fresh ingredients make this well worth the trudge out in the rain. Only …
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Green Man pub, Loughborough Junction
Situated on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Hinton Rd, Loughborough Junction near Brixton, the Green Man was once a fine – if rather run-down – community boozer.
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Sunday night at the Stockwell Grosvenor
Another top night at the Grosvenor, at the Acoustic Insurgency benefit for Haiti. Here’s Princess Maha (Frome the KUT) onstage.
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Benefit tonight, SW9: Acoustic Insurgency benefit for Haiti
I’ll be DJing tonight at the Acoustic Insurgency Haiti benefit, taking place at the excellent Grosvenor pub at 17 Sidney Rd, Stockwell, London SW9 0TP The event is a monthly …
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Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons, Brixton Grosvenor
Another top night at the Brixton/Stockwell Grosvenor, with the irrepressible Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons headlining. Heaps of fun!
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The curious case of the Tap Dancing Smiths fan (video)
This is why Brixton is the best place to live in London: where else can you see a fine bill of indie bands, curious acts and a girl tap-dancing to, …
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BANJOS! PUNK! CLOGS! VIOLAS! Brixton Offline Club
After the headliners pulled out with the gig looming up fast, it looked like we’d be looking at an empty stage on Friday, but we managed to hastily assemble a …
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Brixton night out: Windmill and the Prince Albert
Brixton’s got some awesome venues, and on any just about any given night you can find some great stuff going on. Last night I checked out the excellent Lost Cavalry …
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Brixton Village on a Saturday
The old Granville Arcade (now renamed Brixton Village) was a moribund place for many years but thanks to a recent initiative to offer the empty shop units rent-free to artists, …
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Offline goes Brazilian!
We had a great Offline night in the Brixton Albert on Friday, with Brazilian rockers OCIO putting in a top live set. Here�s a few pics.
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