I was back in Berlin last weekend to play another show with The Monochrome Set, and took time out to grab photos of some of the interesting street art, graffiti …
Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018 Read More
I enjoyed a week in Berlin back in 2014, and it was great to get the chance to revisit the city recently. Sadly, it was something of a flying visit, as …
Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification Read More
I loved visiting Berlin last year, and have already posted up a series of photos from my travels around the city. Here’s my final set of shots from this fantastic city…
Berlin street photos – a selection of photographs Read More
Here’s a scene from my visit to Berlin earlier this year, showing a couple sat in front of an extravagant fountain in the centre of the city. The photo was …
Photo of the day: By the Berlin fountain Read More
I really enjoyed my short trip to Berlin a few months back, and am slowly working my way through the hundreds of photos I took on my travels around the …
Berlin graffiti, signs and street scenes – photo feature Read More
Located to the south-east of the city centre, is Treptower Park, a large 88.2 hectare public space created between 1876 and 1888. Home to the striking Soviet War Memorial, the park …
A walk through Treptower Park and the Island of Youth, Berlin Read More
Built in 1961, the 28 mile Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic that cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. …
Photos of graffiti and artwork on the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany Read More
Located in the rapidly hipsterfying district of Neukölln in south-east Berlin is the Flomarkt, a fantastic flea market with a rich mix of secondhand clothes, old electronics, new art, handmade item, bric-a-brac …
Neukölln Flomarkt photos – a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket Read More
Situated in Berlin’s Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial is a massive war memorial and military cemetery commemorating 5,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin during April–May 1945.
Photos of Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany Read More
Taking place every Tuesday and Friday in Berlin is the Turkish Market in Maybachufer, Neukölln. Open from 11am to 6.30pm, it’s a great place to buy some great food and rake in the …
Photo feature – Turkish Market, Maybachufer in Berlin Neukölln, Germany Read More
Berlin’s got some absolutely amazing bars, and although we were only there long enough to sample a mere handful, we felt right at home at Bar Mama in the Neukölln district as soon as …
My favourite Berlin bar – Bar Mama, Hobrechtstraße 61 12047 Berlin Read More
Once the third-busiest airport in Europe, the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport lay abandoned for several years after its closure in 2008 before being turned into a fabulous public park.
Berlin Tempelhof Airport – an abandoned international airport in the centre of Berlin Read More
Taking an evening stroll around Berlin on the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see the city’s streets bathed in the warm glow of gas lighting.
The wonderful gas lamps of Berlin – the world’s largest gas lighting network Read More
Founded in 1901, the Whitechapel Gallery was tasked to “bring great art to the people of east London,” and it’s still putting on excellent shows to this day. Entry to …
Whitechapel Gallery – surrealism, sounds, social housing, films and wonderful art Read More
There’s a cracking selection of installations and exhibitions that you can currently see for free in the Tate Modern on Bankside.
Tate Modern photos: Huge chairs, a crying room, the Clock, a heat sensitive floor and more, Oct 2018 Read More
Looking like a mix between an elaborate multi-tiered wedding cake and a spinning UFO, this zoetrope by Mat Collishaw is a fantastic piece of art, and it’s currently on display …
The optical wonder of The Centrifugal Soul by Mat Collishaw at Blain|Southern, London Read More
The second date on my tour with the Monochrome Set saw the band descending on an excessively chilly Leipzig, the largest city in Saxony and Germany’s tenth most populous city, …
Leipzig photos: Trams, steam locomotive, old rocker, posters and graffiti Read More
Currently on show until the 26th March 2017 in Camberwell’s South London Gallery is some compelling work by New York-based artist Amie Siegel.
Slow-moving, compelling cinematic visions with Amie Siegel: Strata at the South London Gallery Read More
Here’s a short series of photos taken around Cologne/Köln, the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich).
Photos of Cologne, Germany: The Rhine, King Georg bar, pipes, bins and a near-arrest for a heinous crime Read More
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve got a bit of a thing about gas lighting. I just love the look of the lamps, the warm glow they …
Pic of the day: the wonderful gas lamps of Hyde Park, London Read More
I really enjoyed last year’s art show in the Cavendish Square underground car park, so I made sure I got along to the new show in the same venue, this …
London car park artshow – We Could Not Agree at the Q Park, Cavendish Square Read More
Here’s a series of photos taken from a short (2.7 miles/4.5km) walk I took recently from Vauxhall tube station (Victoria Line), along the Thames to the north side of Blackfriars Bridge.
A short walk from Vauxhall tube station across the Thames to Blackfriars Bridge, London Read More
With the opening of the TK Maxx department store on Brixton Road, there’s now some great views to be had from the second floor (that’ll be the menswear dept), with …
Some stunning new views across Brixton, courtesy of TK Maxx Read More
Man oh man, this is magnificent. Check out this footage of the the Sullivan School kindergarten classes singing and pogoing along to the Raomones punk classic, ‘Judy Is A Punk.’
South Korean kindergarten kids covering the Ramones. 1, 2, 3, 4! Read More
Allow me to pay tribute to the humble music cassette, my faithful musical companion for a large chunk of my life. The soundtrack to my youth (and onwards), each little …
C30, C60, C90, Go! Farewell then, trusty old cassettes Read More
You’ve got to give him points for effort here. A unicycling, guitar playing busker wearing rabbit ears sings it out loud outside KFC in central Brixton.
Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee Read MoreA new Bard of Brixton! Last night saw the annual Bard of Brixton poetry slam-down at the Albert, with the excellent Jack rightly crowned as the winner. The Albert had …
A new Bard of Brixton! Read More