Long overdue updates (part one): Offline, Tom Robinson, Fierce Festival and Bonnington Cafe 26th May, Offline Club with Tom Robinson It was hectic as usual, but in the end Offline …
Offline, Tom Robinson, Fierce Festival and Bonnington Cafe Read More
A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton I’ve just posted up a two page photo report from the Sunday’s urban75 walk to Devil’s Dyke, and what a fabulous …
A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton Read More
Site updates I’ve been dusting off some of my old negatives and scanning in London pictures taken on my trusty Olympus OM10 35mm camera, waaay back in the 1980s. It …
London’s docklands in the 80s, Epping to Ongar railway Read More
Offline rocked! Thursday’s Offline Club was a corker with a great selection of live acts on the main stage. TV Smith, singer from the frontman of 70s punk legends The …
Offline rocked Read MoreGo Cardiff! Things are tighter than a crab’s arse at the bottom of the Championship, with the mighty Bluebirds swaying perilously newar the drop zone. Happily, an impressive 2-0 victory …
Go Cardiff! (relegation looms) Read More
Spring in Sussex We went for another fabulous country walk yesterday, this time catching a train to Robersbridge, on the Sussex/Kent borders. The walk was a big one – 18km …
Spring in Sussex – a country walk. With lambs! Read More
Damn! The Smiths were good! I can feel the soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed Oh well. Enough said. I know it’s over …
Damn! The Smiths were good! Read MoreOne day stat attack! I know some of you are interested in this kind of thing, so here’s a snapshot of the server stats for urban75.net (only) for Tues 5th …
One day stat attack for urban75! Read More
The Banjo Artshow exhibition at Cide, Waterloo Hung out with the low-trousered skateboard doodz tonight at the Banjo Artshow downstairs in the cide skateshop, 88 lower marsh street, waterloo, london. …
The Banjo Artshow exhibition at Cide, Waterloo Read More
Some quick updates! I’ve posted up my photo report from the weekend’s fabulous Hampstead Heath walk and I’m steadily working my way through a huge pile of my new New …
Hampstead heath and NYC photos Read More
Osterley Park Walk On a whim, we went out for a lovely walk on Sunday, through Osterley Park (west London) and along part of the Grand Union Canal. It’s a …
Osterley Park Walk Read More
Team Not So Clever Admire the collective genius of ‘Team Clever’ – the urban75 pub quiz team that managed to come fifth in a competition of just seven teams. The …
Pub quiz: Team Not So Clever Read More
Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Dewi Sant! ! Bummer. I’m so busy right now it’s looks like I’m not ever going to find the time to go to the pub to …
Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Dewi Sant! ! Read More
Drinking, walking, clubbing and recovering Last Thursday’s Offline was a hoot: a good crowd, some great acts and even a snow storm outside! On Saturday, we headed out to Kent …
Drinking, walking, clubbing and recovering Read MoreWoohoo! Offline gets Time Out’s Critic’s Choice! Our Brixton club night this Thursday I24th Feb) is the Time Out’s Critic’s Choice, and the review is very flattering indeed, starting with …
Woohoo! Offline gets Time Out’s Critic’s Choice! Read More
At last! There may not be much of it yet, but at least – at long last – I’ve finally got to feel a bit of snow on my face …
Snow! Read More
A weekend in Rye We spent a delightful couple of days over the weekend in Rye, Sussex, arguably one of Britain’s prettiest towns. The town hosts some beautiful medieval architecture, …
A weekend in Rye Read More
Well, actually, it’s more of a tip! tap! than a bang and a crash going on as I’ve taken delivery of my new Pearl drum kit with special super-clever ‘near-silent’ …
Bish! Bash! Crash! Thud! Pearl Traveler kit ordered Read MoreWales 11 England 9 Joy oh joy! Wales beat England in a tense Six Nations match – their first win over the English in Cardiff since 1993. A massive home …
YEEEEESSSS!!! Read More
After months and months of randomly banging biscuit tins, table tops and anything else capable of making a percussive noise around the house, I’ve finally bitten the bullet and bought …
I’ve ordered my drum kit! Read MoreDue to overwhelming public demand, I’ve just added another worthy candidate to the ‘Slap Gallery’ on the site: Robert Kilroy Silk Give the sanctimonious, orange-hued, racist twat a slap for …
Slap Robert Kilroy Silk! Read More
On Friday, I checked out the Masked Ball at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London. The theme was beauty, and the evening promised mask making, dancing lessons, burlesque …
Masked Ball at the V&A Read MoreI’m in a big rush because I’m trying to sort out all the details of tonight Offline Club in Brixton, London. We’ve got new wave legend Tom Robinson DJing, the …
Quick updates! Read More