Cities, towns and mountains
Here’s a Saturday selection of photos for y’all, starting with this curious plaque seen on a building near Borough tube station, south London.
Charles Dickens Walked Past Here, Big ships on big lorries and other pics Read More
Captured late last night was this image of a huge Marilyn Manson gazing blankly out from the illegal billboard on Coldharbour Lane, with the iconic Barrier Block behind. In case …
Brixton pic of the day: Marilyn Manson and the Barrier Block Read More
The old Angel public house at 354 Coldharbour Lane is soon to reopen as ‘key community space, after The Brick Box negotiated a six month trial use of the building.
Angel pub on Coldharbour Lane to become arty community space Read More
The campaign to save one of Cardiff’s oldest pubs looks to have hit a dead end, with the property’s owners Marcol Asset Management Limited agreeing to donate the 1853 building to the National …
Cardiff pub The Vulcan loses its fight to survive, building to move to National History Museum Read More
British Council has put over 120 short heritage films online, with footage covering all aspects of British life. Dating back to 1939, the films were commissioned by the Council to …
Wartime Waterloo station shown off in fascinating British Council short film Read More
On a thoroughly miserable wet and grey April afternoon, I grabbed a couple of photos of The Shard and its accompanying London Bridge Quarter development.
The Shard and London Bridge Quarter in the April gloom Read MoreLast weekend we had a fab night of roots reggae at the Brixton Albert, as The Majestic returned to the Offline club night. Here’s some snaps from the evening.
The Majestic rock Brixton Offline with sweet roots reggae rock Read More
Last night, I headed to uptown Clapham for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2012. Here’s some photos from the evening.
The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2012, south London Read More
Immaculately preserved despite not seeing a passenger train for nearly half a century, the old Cirencester branch platform at Kemble station is a treat if you have a bit of a thing …
Kemble station and the old Cirencester branch platform – a feast of GWR style Read More
In my home town of Cardiff, a campaign has kicked off to save one of the capital city’s oldest pubs from closure and demolition.
Save the Vulcan Hotel pub in Cardiff – demo on 11th May 2012 Read More
Soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK, St George Wharf Tower continues to thrust its cylindrical form up into the London skyline.
St George Wharf Tower as seen from Brixton, south London Read More
In what’s rapidly turning into an annual event, long-serving indie popsters The Monochrome Set played a superb set to a packed house at London’s Dingwalls last night. Here’s some photos from …
The Monochrome Set entertain London Dingwalls, April 2012 Read More
Day three of my four day DJ tour-ette saw me spinning some tunes at the Half Moon, a large, late-Victorian boozer close to Brockwell Park, a sprightly ten minutes walk …
A night at the Half Moon, Herne Hill, south London Read More
There was a right old Brixton shindig at the Windmill pub last night, with the esteemed music venue hosting a benefit bash for the Friends of Windmill Gardens – the …
Brixton Windmill hosts fundraiser for the Friends of Windmill Gardens Read More
Plans are afoot for London’s iconic Centre Point skyscraper, with developers proposing to ‘transform the office building and public realm into a new residential use tower with retail, restaurants and a major public space at its base.”
Centre Point redevelopment plans announced – luxury penthouse ahoy! Read More
Here’s some photos taken around Greenwich, including a snap of the neoclassical glory of The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul (above), and the soon-to-be reopened Cutty Sark. Oh, and …
Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine Read More
There was a fabulous night of glamour and drinking to be had at the Prince Albert on Saturday, with The Actionettes taking over the Offline Club for their forst of their three …
Las Vegas meets Brixton with The Actionettes at the Offline Club Read More
St George’s Day came early in Trafalgar Square this year, with a free festival being put on to celebrate England’s patron saint on Saturday.
St George’s Day festival, Trafalgar Square, London Read More
We had a night of rip-roaring rock’n’roll last night at the Brixton Prince Albert with the amazing Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons playing the Offline Club.
Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons rock the Brixton Offline club. Hell, yes! Read More
I loved the look of the pub in the preview I posted on Wednesday, and last night I went along to the full opening of the Crown & Anchor, a fab …
Crown & Anchor launches in a real ale frenzy, Brixton Road, Brixton Read More
I love seeing these lovely old Pullman trains go by – especially when they’re being hauled by a huffin’ and puffin’ steam locomotive – but this diesel-hauled special has been …
Lightning strike takes out signals: posh Pullman train stuck at signals in Brixton Read More
To celebrate the switch from analogue to digital TV services in London, a “spectacular” lightshow was promised at the Crystal Palace broadcast tower. Sadly, what I saw in downtown Brixton was far from …
Crystal Palace tower celebrates switch from analogue to digital TV with damp squib display Read More
There’s a new real ale bar coming to Brixton – and I was lucky enough to be invited for a pre-opening preview (and to try out some of the delicious beers and ciders …
The Crown and Anchor, 246 Brixton Road, SW9 – a new real ale bar for Brixton Read More
With its south facing hands seemingly doomed to display eighteen minutes to one forever, the clock on top of the old Brady’s public house on Atlantic Road, Brixton continues to stand …
Brixton landmarks: the Brady’s clock tower, Atlantic Road. Brixton, London SW9 Read More
Work continues apace on the large building development on Coldharbour Lane (opposite Somerleyton Road) in central Brixton, London SW9.
A look around the big Coldharbour Lane development, central Brixton Read More
I’d taken this photo of a rail level crossing back in the early 1990s when I was walking around south Devon with my girlfriend at the time (hello, Debbie Miller!). …
Heathfield station and Teignbridge Level Crossing, Devon: a rail survivor Read More
A fantastic new exhibition showing off a collection of well-known and rare archive photos of Marilyn Monroe is currently running at the Getty Image Gallery near Oxford Circus, central London.
Marilyn Monroe photo exhibition at the Getty Images gallery, Oxford Circus, London 14th April 2012 Read More
We had a great night last Friday with the fabulous Dulwich Ukulele Club putting on a lively show to a packed Brixton Albert. Here’s some photos from the night:
An avalanche of ukes with the Dulwich Ukulele Club at Brixton Offline Read More
Back in March, it was the French taking over Trafalgar Square in central London, but yesterday it was the turn of the orange army, as the space was given over …
Holland House Dutch festival turns Trafalgar Square orange Read More
Older Brixtonites will remember the building as the old Coach and Horses – or perhaps the short-lived IsoBar – but in recent times it’s enjoyed a chequered history as The Living Bar.
The Living Bar becomes the Market House, Brixton Read More