Photos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
It’s been tragic seeing Brixton’s main shopping drag turn into a long, dull strip of bland corporate retail units, and I’m not holding out a lot of hope for what …
Last remaining Brixton Prime Shop unit awaits its new owners – but will it be another phone shop? Read More
I’m a big fan of the Herne Hill Velodrome and I was well chuffed to learn today that it’s received more funding to improve the once-crumbling stadium.
Herne Hill Velodrome secures its future with new investment. Huzzah! Read More
Created in the style of Charles Booth’s landmark Poverty Map, this new map covering the UK lets you view housing arranged by the Index of Multiple Deprivation or Output Area …
Brixton poverty and wealth map reveals the area’s rich and poor divide Read More
The 2011 census has produced some fascinating information about the languages spoken in different parts of England and Wales, tracking the main languages spoken in 34,753 ‘output areas’ across England and Wales, each of 1,500 people.
The spoken languages of Brixton and the UK mapped on a fascinating interactive guide Read More
I don’t think there can be any confusion with this sign spotted on Waterloo Place, near Waterloo Gardens, London SW1.
Pic of the day: An emphatic No Parking sign, London Read More
So it looks like the Brixton community really has lost the old Brady’s pub in Atlantic Road for good.
Brixton Brady’s, offshore developers and Lambeth Council’s broken promises to the community Read More
With the snow falling deep and thick and even over Brixton on Sunday, I ventured out again to grab a few photos from around town. Perhaps my favourite scene was …
Brixton snowmen plus snowy scenes at Windrush Square, Loughborough Park and Coldharbour Lane Read More
Thanks to this clever interactive map, it’s possible to watch tube trains shuffle their way along the Victoria Line, stopping at Brixton station and all the other stops on the …
View real-time train information about Brixton tube and the London Underground network Read More
It was feared that London had lost one of its oldest music retailers when Foote’s Soho drum store closed last year, but the good news is that the store is …
Footes drum and music store reopens in Store Street, central London Read More
Here’s a fairly random collection of photos taken around Brixton last Saturday night, starting with a snapshot of the bike racks on Brixton Road. Five years ago, you’d be hard …
Some photos from around Brixton on a Saturday night Read More
I’ve never been to an ice hockey game, so when I heard that a friend was playing a match at the Brixton Ice Rink on Friday night, it seemed too …
Streatham Night Wolves versus Statesmen ice hockey match, Brixton Ice Rink, Fri 11th Jan 2013 Read More
The nearby Photographer’s Gallery may seem to attract most of the media attention these days, but I have to say that I much prefer to visit the Getty Gallery, less than five …
Another mighty fine photographic collection at the Getty Gallery, Eastcastle Street, London Read More
On the weekend, I caught the last day of the Shoot! Existential Photography exhibition at the Photographers Gallery in central London.
Shoot! Existential Photography at the Photographers Gallery, London Read More
I can definitely recommend paying a visit to the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 exhibition at the National Theatre, London – and the good news is that the exhibition’s run has now been extended …
Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 at the National Theatre, London Read More
Seen covered over in plastic sheeting and bound in gaffa tape is the statue of King George II, in Golden Square, central London.
Trussed and bound: King George II at Golden Square, London Read More
We had one hell of a party at the Brixton Prince Albert on New Year’s Eve. Here’s a few photos from the night. I don’t remember an awful lot of it 🙂
Brixton Offline Club New Year’s Eve party photos 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
It’s taken me an age to post up these photos, but boy oh boy did we have a big night at the Offline Christmas Show a couple of weeks back.
Offline Brixton Xmas show: Mrs Mills, Sleighed and the Great Bono Competition 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
To commemorate the ten years since punk icon Joe Strummer died, a Strummerville charity event was put on at the famous 100 Club in the heart of London.
Remembering Joe Strummer, 10th Anniversary Memorial at the 100 Club, London Read More
On Thursday, the Mrs Mills Experience ventured north to the Buffalo Bar at Highbury to play an ‘End Of The World’ party with Glam Chops and No Cars.
Mrs Mills Experience and Glam Chops festive party, Buffalo Bar Read More
Tomorrow night there’s going to be a mighty big knees up and beer spilling sing-along at the Prince Albert in Brixton as the Offline Club hosts its Christmas party.
Friday 21st Dec in Brixton: an almighty Mrs Mills singalong and a Brixton’s Best Bono competition Read More
Tax-swerving, slop-coffee peddling multinational zillionaires Starbucks could be staging a Ritzy-style branding of public Brixton space, with their logo now being foisted on to the back of the flower stall outside Brixton …
Tax-shirking Starbucks extend their branding onto Brixton flower stall Read More
The large posters promised a festive “Funland” in the heart of Brixton, but there was a pretty austere offering on show at the ‘Bensons Winter Funland’ in Windrush Square tonight.
Bensons Winter Funland, Windrush Square, Brixton Read More
Hitting the streets of Brixton this morning is the new BrixtonBuzz magazine – an independent, 28-page, A5 print mag listing all the clubs, gigs and other events around Brixton for the entire festive …
Out now! BrixtonBuzz mag – a new listings monthly for Brixton Read More
Last Friday was BrixtonBuzz’s first birthday party and there was a fantastic party to celebrate going on at the Prince Albert.
Big BrixtonBuzz party night with Too Many Ts and David Goo, 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
There’s bad news for tube users who have been enjoying the free underground wi-fi access that’s been provided by Virgin Media this year, as Virgin have announced that the free …
Free wi-fi access at London tube stations set to vanish at the end of the year, unless…. Read More
Here’s my review of the Christmas lights seen around Brixton. Sad to say, they seem to be getting meaner and meaner with every year. Above is the rather curious windmill/reindeer combo that …
Christmas lights around Brixton town centre, December 2012 Read More
A new project called Bomb Sight has produced an interactive website that maps the London WW2 bomb census data recorded between 7/10/1940 and 06/06/1941 – and it’s clear that Brixton took a bit of …
Did your street get bombed in the war? View Brixton WW2 bombsites on this fascinating website Read More