Cities, towns and mountains
There was a big and very lively turn out tonight outside Lambeth Town Hall as councillors met inside to discuss a proposed £37 million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs – including …
Brixton anti-cuts demo outside Lambeth Town Hall, Feb 7th, 2011 Read More
Some 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 More
A National Save Our Libraries Day saw over 100 events being held across the UK to bring attention to proposed government spending cuts.
Save our libraries protest outside Brixton Library, Feb 5th 2011 Read More
It’s a tough word to spell at the best of times, so I like the way this Brixton Village trader just went for the phonetic version.
Get your Brockelly in Brixton market! Read More
I could be wrong, but I reckon Brixton must have more wigs, extensions, hair products and accessories for sale than any other part of London. There’s been wig shops in …
Brixton wigs, Brixton Village Read More
Here’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 More
Photo 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 More
Well, it brought a smile to my face anyway…
Moderately amusing sign, central London Read More
Photographed 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
Back in 2000, the only “vintage” clothes you could buy in central Brixton were of the old fashioned, second hand, cheap-as-chips variety, with a bustling Brixton Station Road market being the most popular shopping …
Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John’s Cafe Read More
It’s taken me ruddy ages to get on to the new ‘crime and policing’ mapping service, police.uk, after the server was turned into a smouldering pile of metal after a stampede of curtain twitchers brought the …
Brixton crime map released – lawless hotspots revealed 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 More
This sad little diner located at 357 West Street in NYC has been closed since 2006. It was originally built sometime in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s by the …
Abandoned diner, 357 West Street, Greenwich Village, NYC Read More
I’m not quite sure why I like this photo, but I found myself compelled to grab this shot of a guy in central Philly wearing a battered leather jacket with …
Pic of the day: Superman in Philadelphia Read More
Night scene at Block drug stores, 101 2nd Ave (between 5th St & 6th St) in the East Village, New York. [More New York photos]
NYC street scene: Block drug stores and feather top hat Read More
I spotted this curious message on a Philadelphia sidewalk in 2008, and found that it was one of many located around the city. Known as Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques), the tiles …
The mystery of the Toynbee Tiles in Philadelphia – and Planet Jupiter Read More
I’m a big fan of Victorian railway architecture, and although a lot of fine vernacular buildings have been senselessly destroyed since the 1960s, it’s always heart-warming to find some inspiring examples still standing.
The châteauesque glory of Box Hill railway station Read More
I’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 More
In the words of Richard Keys, we smashed it last night at Offline, with a great band and a fantastic crowd. Here’s a few pics:
Drink, dance and the Fallen Leaves at Offline Read More
Thursday is the new Friday (or something) and in Brixton’s there’s no shortage of ace free entertainment on offer. First stop was Brixton JAMM to check out an excellent four band bill of indie …
A Thursday night in Brixton: indie and industrial Read More
The recent announcement of the untimely demise of the wonderful Wrexham & Shropshire railway prompted me to look up some photos from my last trip with them.
A winter’s walk around Llangollen and Chirk, north Wales Read More
The evil Tories and their pitifully useless lapdog chums in the Lib Dems have got another great idea up their posh, public school-educated sleeves: close down the libraries!
Save Lambeth Libraries – please sign the petition Read More
Here’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 More
Data-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 More
Looks 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 More
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan one November evening, we were greeted by this absolutely stunning sunset.
Into Manhattan with a stunning Brooklyn Bridge sunset, NYC Read More
Wow. I’m loving these Bladerunner-esque dystopian images and ‘work in progress’ video (below) by Kibwe X-Kalibre Tavares‘ showing a future Brixton full of robots, including a revamped Barrier Block.
Incredible sci-fi Brixton robot future imagined Read More
There was a feast of fiddles, banjos, dancing, clapping and, indeed, some falling over to be had last night at the Grosvenor in Stockwell as the No Frills Band put …
Drinking and stripping the willow at a Burns night ceilidh in Stockwell Read More
Rather 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 More
Work 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 More