More Apple launch photos
Three more photos from today’s event.
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Apple iPod, Touch and Nano launch event, London
So I had to cover this event in a conference hall in Islington, London, and sit though an hour of watching a live feed of a horde of Apple fanboys …
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Anti-Folk night at the 12 Bar, London
I love this place. It’s one of the very last old school live gigs left in central London and every time I’ve been there I’ve had a great night. Tonight …
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Battersea Power Station
We went along to a rare open day at Battersea Power Station where ambitious new development plans were being shown off. Expect a full photo report soon, but here’s a …
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Candide at the English National Opera
I’m not normally an opera-going sort of chap, but we popped along to see a production of Candide by the English National Opera at The London Coliseum. Voltaire’s story of …
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Millennium Dome to Greenwich walk (part two)
Here’s some more pics from our wander along the Thameside path from the Millennium Dome into Greenwich. More photos soon! It was nice to find what felt like a piece …
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Millennium Dome to Greenwich walk
There’s a little-used but really interesting walk that runs from the Millennium Dome (or ‘The O2’ or whatever it’s now called) along a riverside path into Greenwich. The walk breezes …
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Return To The Dome
Millennium Dome main arena, 2000. Now rebranded as The O2 and part of the ‘O2 entertainment district’ (you what?!), I’ve always rather liked the structure and even enjoyed visiting it …
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Around Leicester and Trafalgar Squares
Some snaps from my wander around central London yesterday: Street artist in Leicester Square.
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Somerset House: London’s Largest Living Room
I went along to what was billed as ‘London’s Largest Living Room’ in the courtyard of Somerset House on Saturday and have to say as I was a little underwhelmed. …
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Along the Strand over Waterloo Bridge to the Southbank
Some more photos from my Saturday stroll: This elaborate piece of punctuation-untroubled stone lettering informs passers by that: “In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where …
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Love Music Hate Racism demo
On Saturday, I popped along to what was billed as a “national demonstration and carnival parade against fascism and racism” in Trafalgar Square put on by Love Music Hate Racism …
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Trafalgar Square, midnight.
I love London, me. 🙂
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Boris the Buffoon’s Booze ban
So the clueless buffoon got in and immediately banned one of life’s harmless little pleasures with a piece of spectacularly ill-thought out, knee jerk legislation. This ridiculous law not only …
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A month of gigs
Some snapshots from a month in the Metropolis. ‘Scure the quality – they were all taken on my itty bitty Palm Centro phone. 30th April Illicitly sneaking into the May …
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PG Wodehouse Picnic, Russell Square
To celebrate the reissue of PG Wodehouse’s books by Arrow Books, a picnic was held in Russell Square on a delightfully warm spring Sunday afternoon. I popped along for a …
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Boris Johnson? You’re having a laugh.
Latest reports have that toff fop buffoon Boris ahead in the London mayoral election. He might be a right laugh as a dinner guest, but having that clown in charge …
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Ken Livingstone in Brixton
Me: Hello Ken. I run the urban75 website where Paddick used to postLivingstone: Is that the Anarchist website?Me: No. The press made that up in an attempt to discredit Paddick …
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London photos
A few snaps from around London town, taken with my trusty Ricoh GX100 camera. Man with a hat, Bedford Square. Penguin and passer by. Bins, Ogle Street. More London photos
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Time Out Top 50 Site!
Woot! It was great to see urban75 being listed in Time Out’s “Top 50 London Websites,” especially as were number one in the ‘communities’ section. Nice! Elsewhere on the site, …
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Hanway Street, London W1
I’ve just finished a photo feature on this quiet little street in the centre of London. Rumoured to be named after Jonas Hanway – the man who introduced the umbrella …
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Nokia: a pipeline of champagne!
Well, not exactly a pipeline, but there sure was a lot of champagne flowing my way on Thursday as I attended the launch of the Nokia Store on Regent Street, …
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Return to St Pancras station
I’ve always loved the High Victorian folly of St Pancras station and the adjacent Midland Grand Hotel, and after an uncertain future, it’s great to see the place thriving. I …
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Crystal Palace photos
Two (overdue) updates to the photo gallery, with pictures from a summer and an autumn walk around Crystal Palace park and nearby Sydenham. I went along on the Sydenham walk …
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Morden Hall – Colliers Wood Walk
A rare day of winter sunshine sent us scuttling out of the house on Saturday afternoon, heading off to the hitherto unexplored lands of darkest Morden and Colliers Wood. The …
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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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Goodbye New Piccadilly cafe
A much loved London cafe lost forever. April 2006 December 2007 Read my photo feature: The New Piccadilly Café, 8 Denman Street, Piccadilly, London
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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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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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