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The Heron rises in the City, 36-storeys for the well heeled in EC2

Mon 4th April, 2011Mon 4th April, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Not physically related to the Heron Tower at 100 Bishopgate although built by the same people, this posh residential development is apparently set to “redefine standards of luxury living in …

London / Places

Museum of London: London Street Photography

Mon 4th April, 2011Mon 4th April, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Well worth a visit is the Museum of London’s ‘London street photography’ exhibition, showing over 200 candid street scenes from 1860 to the present day.

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Celeb-compacted launch for The Shed Cafe, Walham Grove SW6

Fri 25th March, 2011Fri 25th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

I’ve been along to some cafe launches before, but there’s no doubting that the launch for The Shed in Fulham last night was the liveliest of the lot.

Brixton / London / Places

March for the Alternative demo, Sat 26th March 2011 – info, legal help, chat and after-party

Wed 23rd March, 2011Sat 26th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

The Government is introducing spending cuts that will damage public services, put hundreds of thousands out of work, have a terrible impact on the vulnerable, damage communities and undermine much …

London / Places / railways

Fantastic London transport map is a rail buff’s delight

Tue 22nd March, 2011Mon 21st March, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

If you’re as cartographically obsessed as me, you’ll quite happily spend long hours poring over Ordnance Survey maps, archive maps, route diagrams and rail maps, and if you’ve any interest …

London / Places

London’s 288m Pinnacle Tower gets back on track

Sat 19th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

After reaching just six floors high, work stalled on the Pinnacle Tower (formerly known as the Bishopsgate Tower) last year after a half-billion pound shortfall in funding looked set to consign the …

London / photos

Pic of the day: a pair of photographers, South Bank, London

Mon 28th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Two snapshots in progress, the South Bank, London. [More photos]

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Critical Mass bike ride, London Feb 2011

Mon 28th February, 2011Sun 27th February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Assembling on the last Friday of every month underneath Waterloo Bridge, central London, Critical Mass is an ‘unorganised coincidence’ which involves a lot of cyclists all deciding to cycle the …

Clubs & Nightlife / London / Places

Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London

Sun 27th February, 2011Sun 27th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It was great to see my old mates The Monochrome Set playing last night at the fabulous London Popfest, the 100 Club, London.

London / photos / Places

Squatters take over £6m Fitzroy Square mansion. LOL

Thu 17th February, 2011Fri 18th February, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

Squatters have moved into stinking rich movie maker Guy Ritchie’s enormous £6 million mansion, located in London’s upmarket Fitzroy Square. At least 12 people are thought to have taken over …

London / photos / Places

London boozer bags ‘Best Pub in Britain’ prize from CAMRA

Wed 16th February, 2011Wed 16th February, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Located close to Trafalgar Square – so handy to pop out for a quick beer if you’re busy protesting – The Harp at 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, WC2N 4HS …

London / Places

Another lost London dodgy boozer: The Globe, Tollington Rd, N7

Mon 14th February, 2011Mon 14th February, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Captured here all bricked up and awaiting its fate is The Globe public house, 107 Tollington Rd, N7 7JH.

London / photos / Places

Photo of the day: Stockings and Salt & Vinegar crisps, Soho

Mon 14th February, 2011Mon 14th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

For Valentine’s day, here’s a Soho street scene, London.

Clubs & Nightlife / London / music / Places

Stage doors, sweets and the old Marquee club, London

Mon 7th February, 2011Mon 7th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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.

London / music / photos / Places

London signs and notices – photos from the city

Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 / photos / Places

Moderately amusing sign, central London

Thu 3rd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Well, it brought a smile to my face anyway…

Brixton / London / photos / Places

London rain: six rain-drenched scenes from the capital’s streets

Wed 2nd February, 2011Wed 2nd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

“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 / Places / stuff

Meet the last glass eye maker in Britain

Thu 27th January, 2011Thu 27th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 …

London / Places

London’s most common surnames listed by area and origin in a natty map

Wed 26th January, 2011Wed 26th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

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 / photos / Places

London Eye and EDF Energy lights up London, 2.30am

Tue 25th January, 2011Tue 25th January, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

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 / photos

The Bromley Arms, Cleveland St NW1 and the case of the bad shilling

Sun 23rd January, 2011Sun 23rd January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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 …

London / Places / stuff

The 52-storey Cheesegrater tower at 122 Leadenhall starts

Thu 20th January, 2011Thu 20th January, 2011 - by Crispy - 3 Comments.

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 …

London / photos

Walkie Talkie tower, Fenchurch St crackles into life

Wed 19th January, 2011Thu 20th January, 2011 - by editor - 14 Comments.

Construction has started on a new skyscraper in the heart of the City of London, and it’s certainly an odd looking thing, with the controversial top-heavy tower quickly earning itself …

London / photos / Places / snow

Green Park and Hyde Park in the snow, London, Dec 2010

Tue 21st December, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

I enjoyed a lovely, long walk through a freezing central London yesterday, with my journey taking me across the snow covered Green Park and Hyde Parks, before I headed into …

London / Places

A trip to the Museum of London

Wed 1st December, 2010Wed 1st December, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

One of the world’s biggest urban history museums, the Museum of London has over two million objects in its collection and holds the largest archaeological archive in Europe.

London / photos / Places

London 80GB photo panorama: the biggest in the world

Wed 17th November, 2010Wed 17th November, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 / photos / Places

Greenwich photos, south London

Wed 4th August, 2010Wed 4th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Greenwich is stuffed full of history, has a good market, ace pubs, loads of interesting shops and a fantastic park with great views making it a great cheap day out …

festivals / London / Places

Croydon Summer Festival 2010 – photos

Sun 1st August, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Here’s a few pics from the Croydon Summer Festival yesterday. The weather was perfect, the location pleasant, the beer flowed and the Damned put in a top set. Result all …

London / photos / Places / stuff

Is this the narrowest doorway in London? 60, Union Street, SE1

Tue 27th July, 2010Tue 27th July, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

I haven’t been able to find anything on the web about this (hopefully some of you lot will be able to help out) but this surely has to be one …

Brixton / London / photos / Places

Street signs, stickers and graffiti, London July 2010

Tue 27th July, 2010Tue 27th July, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

A collection of street signs and graffiti seen around London. Can’t complain about the sentiments contained in this sticker seen near Carnaby Street, W1.