Piccadilly to Vauxhall walk
The weather wasn’t great, but we shook off some of the festive lard and lingering hangover with a short (4.3m) walk around town yesterday. Here’s some of the pics: Christmas …
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City Island, Bronx, New York
Amazingly, this island – with its New England architecture, wooden houses and fishing boats- is in the Bronx, New York! Loads more photos: City Island, Bronx, New York
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Monster party for the New Year!
Blimey. The Offline party at the Albert last night was such a big one I’ve spent all day recovering. Here’s some pics – more to follow when my head gets …
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Christmas in Wales
We had a fabulous time in Cardiff. Here’s some pics: St Fagans National History Museum is an astonishingly good place to visit, with the open air site containing over 40 …
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Christmas Lights, NY/London
Putting Oxford Street’s desperate offering to shame is the gloriously over-the-top display at the Rockefeller Centre, New York: And here’s the feeble lights on London’s Oxford Street.
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Brixton: rubbish Xmas decorations
This year’s effort -both by the council and local shops – looks even worse than last years paltry offering. Only Brixton Station Road looks in the least bit festive, while …
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Actionettes at the Tate
This was fun last week – a party with The Actionettes inside one of the Tate Britain’s art galleries!
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Offline Christmas Party!
This was a ton of fun – we managed to pack in two bands – including a 7-piece ukulele outfit – and a load of DJs in the Prince Albert …
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Offline Club – New York and London!
There’s been no less than four Offline Club nights since I last updated this blog. Here’s a couple of snaps from the nights: Nov 29th: JAMM, Brixton. Thirty samba drummers, …
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New York: Central Park in the snow
We’ve been away in New York for the past couple of weeks, and as soon as we got back to London, I had to run two Offline nights, so things …
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A weekend’s walk in Norfolk
Just got back from a walk with the feisty urban75 walk club, this time in north Norfolk. It was f-f-freezing, but a whole load of fun. Here’s how not to …
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Rock’n’Roll Special Rocked!
It took a whole load of work to put this one on, but the Offline Rock’n’Roll special at the Albert was a whole heap of fun! It was the first …
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Brixton Living Bar shut down
Formerly the Coach and Horses, Brixton’s Living Bar was suddenly closed down yesterday. It hasn’t enjoyed the greatest of reputations with some locals, but it’s a striking building and I …
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Sex Pistols, Fireworks, Ramones….
Been a bit slow updating my blog recently, so here’s a bumper pack: Sex Pistols at Brixton It was fun but a bit odd. Johnny was brilliant – part pantomime …
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Hammersmith Palais RIP
It’s taken me ages to get around to posting these pics up but here’s some shots of the very last days of this much loved music venue. My own band …
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Brixton’s trams – a history
I wish I’d been around when trams were rumbling through the streets – they look way cool and I like the way they ruled the roads, with cars having to …
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Richard Herring, Amycanbe @ Offline
Last night’s Offline was one of the best with a great mix of acts and the welcome return of ace comedian, Richard Herring. Also on the bill was the hilarious …
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A lighthouse in London
I love this old building right by Kings Cross station. The story is that the building originally served as an oyster house – oysters being the fast food of the …
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Autumn in Regent’s Park
I spent a lovely hour walking around Regent’s Park on Saturday afternoon, grabbing a couple of autumnal scenes on my trusty Ricoh GX100 camera (long term test review coming soon!) …
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A walk around Fitzrovia, London
Had a nice walk around W1 and Fitzrovia on Saturday – interesting to see so many buildings closed and the huge development taking place by Great Portland Street. Photos of …
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Offline @ the Albert
Recovering from another long night at the Albert in Brixton where we hosted one of our regular Offline nights. I’d hired in a PA system for the first time and …
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A walk around Brick Lane, East End
Blimey, the place is gentrifying so fast you can almost feel your accent changing while you stand there. Here’s a few pics: More photos here: Brick lane, East London
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Trains, Treos and Toshibas
Quick catch up on some recent articles you may have missed: Palm Treo 500v Pocket PC ReviewHere’s my full review of the new Palm Treo Windows Mobile phone. It’s a …
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Offline at the Albert
Had another top Offline night at the Albert in Brixton on Satirday. Here’s a few pics: More pics COMING UP! This Thursday, we’ve got another great bill at our Brixton …
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Harvest It Festival
This was a lovely afternoon. Harvest Festivals sarf London-style rock! Harvest It Festival photos
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Rose Theatre, Bankside
By chance we stumbled across the Rose Theatre ‘open weekend’ last week and took a look inside. There’s not really a great deal to see, but it is kind of …
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Palm Treo 500v Pocket PC Review
After attending the launch party last week, I’ve been using (and rather liking) Palm’s new 500v phone. It may run Windows Mobile (I’m a Palm OS kinda fella), but it’s …
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Gasometers are cool
I passed this tonight, and grabbed a couple of shots with my Ricoh GR camera. Once one four famous gasometers serving the area around Kings Cross, this one – officially …
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A walk around Lincoln’s Inn Fields & Holborn
This is a great area of London to wander about in. The park is London’s biggest public square and there’s some fascinating architecture all around. See more pics here: Lincoln’s …
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Behold! The majesty of Tottenham Hale!
Welcome to Tottenham Hale. All cars, roads, railings, roundabouts and concrete. Easily one of the ugliest places in London. This was taken on my route from the tube, a walk …
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