Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London
It was great to see my old mates The Monochrome Set playing last night at the fabulous London Popfest, the 100 Club, London.
Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London Read MorePhotos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
It was great to see my old mates The Monochrome Set playing last night at the fabulous London Popfest, the 100 Club, London.
Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London Read MoreYou may be feeling a bit sorry for yourself as it’s a Monday morning – but – come on – things have got to be better than what this poor …
No matter how bad your Monday morning is…(worst job in London?) Read MoreSquatters have moved into stinking rich movie maker Guy Ritchie’s enormous £6 million mansion, located in London’s upmarket Fitzroy Square. At least 12 people are thought to have taken over …
Squatters take over £6m Fitzroy Square mansion. LOL Read MoreLocated close to Trafalgar Square – so handy to pop out for a quick beer if you’re busy protesting – The Harp at 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, WC2N 4HS …
London boozer bags ‘Best Pub in Britain’ prize from CAMRA Read MoreCaptured here all bricked up and awaiting its fate is The Globe public house, 107 Tollington Rd, N7 7JH.
Another lost London dodgy boozer: The Globe, Tollington Rd, N7 Read MoreFor Valentine’s day, here’s a Soho street scene, London.
Photo of the day: Stockings and Salt & Vinegar crisps, Soho Read MoreCaptured here in its last death throes in May 2005 is Cundy’s Tavern in Silvertown, reputed to be one of East London’s dodgiest boozers.
Lost dodgy London boozers: Cundy’s Tavern, Silvertown Read MoreSituated a short distance north of the grand St Pancras railway station is St. Pancras Churchyard, a quiet public park that was completely deserted when I visited on a cold …
Gravestones in a tree – the Hardy Tree, St Pancras Churchyard Read MoreSome evening photos taken around Covent Garden on my Lumix LX5 camera . First up, here’s a sweet seller in a bowler hat at Seven Dials, London WC2.
Stage doors, sweets and the old Marquee club, London Read MoreHere’s a Friday selection of signs and scenes that have caught my eye while wandering around London. Above is Senate House, a natty Art Deco offering in Bloomsbury, constructed between …
London signs and notices – photos from the city Read MorePhoto taken on a Ricoh GX100 digital compact, with a slow hand-held exposure (0.4s). I leant the camera against a bannister to keep things sharp. I took a few photos of the scene (that’s …
Photo of the day: trolleys, St Pancras station Read MoreWell, it brought a smile to my face anyway…
Moderately amusing sign, central London Read MorePhotographed back in April 2002, here’s a gas lamp man hard at work in Green Park, central London.
Gas lamp man, Green Park, London Read More“Here comes the rain.. Here she comes again…I love the rain” sang The Cult, and with London regularly being doused in the stuff, it’s no surprise that so many artists choose …
London rain: six rain-drenched scenes from the capital’s streets Read MoreI’ve no idea why anyone would willingly invite flying rats to clamber all over them, but I snapped these two guys photographing each other in Trafalgar Square.
Pic of the day: feeding the pigeons, Trafalgar Square Read MoreHere’s a beautifully shot film about the last glass eye maker in Britain. Directed by Tomas Leach and filmed in 16mm by Ben Todd, the film tells the story of …
Meet the last glass eye maker in Britain Read MoreData-chewing whizzkid James Cheshire has imbibed a ton of facts from the 2001 electoral register to create an interactive map showing off the most common surnames in London by area.
London’s most common surnames listed by area and origin in a natty map Read MoreLooks like someone’s quietly testing out a big lighting rig near the Thames tonight, ready for the London Eye’s snazzy relaunch before sunrise.
London Eye and EDF Energy lights up London, 2.30am Read MoreRather cruelly dismissed as a “late building of no interest,” in the Survey of London: volume 21 (1949), the Bromley Arms used to be at 84 Cleveland Street (corner of …
The Bromley Arms, Cleveland St NW1 and the case of the bad shilling Read MoreWork has started on what will be become the tallest skyscraper in the City of London (at least until the Pinnacle tower is completed). Leadenhall Building (aka The Cheesegrater) will …
The 52-storey Cheesegrater tower at 122 Leadenhall starts Read MoreConstruction has started on a new skyscraper in the heart of the City of London, and it’s certainly an odd looking thing, with the controversial top-heavy tower quickly earning itself …
Walkie Talkie tower, Fenchurch St crackles into life Read MoreThe tradition of street performers at Covent Garden dates back to the 1600s, but the area has changed dramatically after the famous covered fruit and vegetable market closed in 1974.
Half naked, unicycling knife-juggling street performer, Covent Garden Read MoreThe Blue Nile named a wonderfully melancholic album after them, Frank Sinatra was never seen without one, Tommy Copper wore a particularly fine example, and after decades in the fashion wilderness, it seems …
Pic of the day: Hats, Covent Garden Read MoreAbandoned for at least 30 years is this old ‘accumulator tower’ at Royal Mint St, by Tower Hill, London E1, which had been used for storing hydraulic power. “An accumulator …
Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1 Read MoreLooking unlikely to ever come back from the dead is this block of derelict shops along the east side of Toynbee Street in the Spitalfields district of east London, E1.
Derelict shops, Toynbee Street, Spitalfields, London E1 Read MoreFounded in 1901 as one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in the capital, Whitechapel Gallery is a free gallery, located right next to Aldgate East tube station, …
Whitechapel Gallery – buzzing light bulbs and coffee Read MoreI’ve been fascinated by the sight of the Shard London Bridge slowly rising up, and have enjoyed documenting the various stages of its construction. I walked past the tower last …
Shard London bridge at night, Jan 2011 Read MoreBack in November 2009, I was chuffed to learn that the BT was set to reopen the novel revolving restaurant situated on the 34th floor of the BT Tower. A report in the Times …
BT Telecom Tower restaurant plans abandoned Read MoreBedford Square is one of the best preserved set pieces of Georgian architecture in London, and it’s never looked finer than when it’s covered in crisp December snow… I waked …
Bedford Square, London – Bloomsbury elegance in the snow Read MoreCommemorating the terrible events of the 7th July, 2005, this permanent memorial in Hyde Park honours the 52 victims of the London Bombings. Unveiled exactly four years after 7/7 on 7th July, …
Remembering 7/7: the Hyde Park memorial to the fallen Read More