Cities, towns and mountains
As a panorama dilettante myself, I can’t get enough of zoom-tastic cityscape vistas, although I’d have to start snapping in an amphetamine frenzy to get anywhere near matching Jeffrey Martin’s …
London 80GB photo panorama: the biggest in the world Read More
Now reaching the start of the viewing gallery and open air observation deck at floors 64-72 is the Shard tower at London Bridge, which can already claim to be the …
The London Shard at London Bridge, London SE1 continues to soar Read More
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed many of the exhibitions in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern – particularly the fantastic Weather Project in 2003 – but Ai Weiwei’s work, called …
Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern. Meh Read More
It was an evening of hard drinking and great music at the Grosvenor pub, Sidney Road, SW9 last night. The triple bill featured The Obscuritones, Mr Ghost Hot Steppers and …
Stockwell Grosvenor rock’n’roll! Obscuritones, Dr Vampire + more Read More
With its street level buildings suffering a fairly ghastly rebuilding in the not so distant past, Wandsworth Town railway station is a bit of a Spartan affair. Although the island platform has some attractive original buildings and retains …
Wandsworth Town station in the early evening rain Read More
The long, long running saga of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment has taken many turns. Over the years, all manner of ambitious plans have been presented in super-glossy leaflets backed by king-size …
Battersea Power Station redevelopment plans get the green light Read More
It may be one of the ugliest, most depressing buildings ever put up in Brixton, but the crumbling multi-story car park on Brixton Station Road has become a centre of controversy.
Brixton car park awaits its fate Read More
Just opened in Brixton Village is Breads Etcetera, another Antipodean-connected operation in the market offering what looks like mighty attractive fare.
Breads Etcetera opens in Brixton Village Read More
I loved the old Routemaster buses, with their hop-on hop-off platforms making them ideal for getting around London, so Mayor Boris Johnson’s pledge to reinstate them was one of the few …
New London Routemaster unveiled as a full size model Read More
Whatever you think of the protest, it’s great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again, with an unexpectedly huge crowd – estimated at over 50,000 – protesting …
Massive student demo against the cuts; Millbank occupied Read More
Seen here in 2003 where it was facing closure, Barney’s cafe has been serving Loughborough Junction for years.
Barneys Cafe, Loughborough Junction, SW9 Read More
It was loud. It was fun, It was Atomic Suplex at the Brixton Offline Club!
Atomic Suplex go up to 11 at Brixton Offline Read More
Another housing battle is brewing in Brixton, with residents living in and around The Guinness Trust estate uniting against their landlords.
Guinness Trust, Somerleyton Rd, Brixton fights the landlords Read More
Here’s some more archive street shots taken around Brixton, south London in the spring of 2003. The graffiti above appeared briefly on the railway arch next to Brady’s on Electric …
Brixton signs and street art 2003 – some archive shots Read More
I’ve no idea what inspired someone to get out a pot of a paint and a brush and carefully write out the words Elvis on the pavement, but this is …
Elvis on Goodge Street, 2002 Read More
I’ve had some parsimonious pastries, stingy sticky buns, frugal fruitcakes and economical Eccles cakes, but I don’t think anything has ever come close to this miserly, paltry slither of carrot cake …
London’s meanest slice of cake? (Tate Modern) Read More
They may be horribly overdue and not particularly good, but here’s my photos from the People’s Republic of Disco party at the Brixton Windmill last Saturday.
Halloween at PROD at the Windmill, Brixton Read More
Our favourite Brixton coffee shop – Federation Coffee – has just moved from its original intimate surroundings to a bigger unit, just a few metres from the original.
Federation Coffee, Brixton Village shimmies into a new shop Read More
Appearing opposite the Brixton Academy at the back of the Backstage Bar (on Astoria Walk, SW9) was this “Thug For Life” graffiti by Banksy.
Brixton’s lost Banksy graffiti Read More
The oldest building on the Parliamentary estate, Westminster Hall, is getting on a thousand years old. I was lucky enough to be invited along to a meeting in Parliament, so grabbed …
A visit to Westminster Hall, Parliament Read More
Set to open in February 2011 is the Heron Tower skyscraper, located at 110 Bishopsgate in the City of London, near Liverpool Street station.
Heron Tower skyscraper, 110 Bishopsgate, London Read More
I love photographing New York – for a while I was lucky enough to live and work there and I’m hoping to get back over this year. I’ve visited the …
New York – Manhattan street shots Read More
It may be long closed, but the frontage of these old Tea Rooms in central London is still (just about) hanging on to life. Situated close to the British Museum …
Old Tea Rooms, Museum Street, London WC2 [updated] Read More
This was a load of fun, with a band who could best be described as ‘none more Halloween’ and a suitably scary magic set from Simon Subvert. Here’s some photos …
Offline Halloween special – photos Read More
Designed to ‘offer a taster of the amazing cultural life of this beautiful area of central London’, the Bloomsbury Festival brings together people who live and work in the area …
Bloomsbury Festival 2010 – Russell Square Gardens photos Read More
With the US Congressional mid-term elections starting up today (Tuesday), it seems an appropriate moment to post this amusing video which highlights the sheer madness of the Tea Party’s policies.
‘Hi, I’m a Tea-Partier’ [Video] Read More
I spotted several old Pullman railway coaches in a state of ruin during a trip to Cornwall in 2003. Once the byword for upmarket, luxury train travel, several of these once …
Abandoned and desolate Pullman coaches, Marazion, Cornwall Read More
With the evil con-dem alliance spending review set to destroy jobs, public services, schools and communities, a Lambeth community rally and march was announced to join together to fight all …
Lambeth Save our Services: March, Demo and Rally Read More
Lordy. This is terrifying stuff. Read on for some example quotes from Tea Party members:
The US Tea Party – the shocking, crazy, mixed-up truth [video] Read More
In the June of 2009, we spent a week in the lovely Fforest campsite near Cardigan, west Wales, and being the railway spod I am, I simply had to find …
Cardigan old railway station, Wales [photos] Read More