Continuing our comprehensive coverage of this year’s wonderful Boomtown Festival, here’s a selection of photos taken around the town centre, with lots of crowd shots of people watching Goldie Looking …
Faces in the crowd: scenes from Boomtown’s town centre and main stage Read More
Here’s a selection of street scenes photographed during my short visit to Cardiff this week. My walk to the station took me along Queen Street – where’s there’s always something …
Cardiff street scenes: religious rows, the Beatles, sand dogs and Chip Alley Read More
It was great to see London indie/folk band The Lost Cavalry showcasing new material on Wednesday night in the intimate surroundings of the Harrison Bar, near Kings Cross.
The Lost Cavalry showcase new material at The Harrison folk night, London Read More
The Lion’s Den at Boomtown looked even more magnificent this year in its new location in the south east part of the site (see how it looked in 2013 here).
The majesty of the Lion’s Den reggae stage at Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
One of the best things about Boomtown is the weird and wonderful places you can stumble into late at night. Although perhaps nothing can challenge the mind-frying mystery of last year’s …
The unsettling doctor’s consulting rooms of Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
Here’s some more scenes from last weekend’s wild weekend at the wonderful Boomtown Fair. Seen in hip-shimmying action were contenders and challengers for the Dance Off, staged in the Bario Loco …
A shimmying’n’shaking Battle Royal at the Bario Loco Dance Off, Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
The Park Hotel in Boomtown’s Mayfair zone has always been one of my favourites – if only for its wonderful revolving door – and there was plenty of entertainment on …
Boomtown Fair’s Park Hotel in Mayfair – ping pong, bands and a revolving door Read More
Boomtown 2015 proved to be the best one I’ve ever been to, with some amazing acts and all the usual imagination and fun that is created by performers and the crowd. …
The faces of Boomtown festival 2015 – photos Read More
Here’s a collection of scenes snapped around Trafalgar Square last Saturday afternoon. Above, a Batman ‘human statue’ looks over the space in front of the National Gallery.
Batman, a high-rise unicyclist and an alcoholic confession: scenes around Trafalgar Square, London Read More
Currently on display in the British Museum is a contemporary art installation called, ‘Cradle to Grave,’ which sets out to explore our approach to health in Britain today. The work incorporates …
Thousands of pills – Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia at the British Museum Read More
This photo of central London taken from my flat in Brixton had such a nice response after I posted it on Facebook that I thought I’d share it here too. …
London at dusk: cranes, flags, Big Ben and the Telecom Tower Read More
The Brighton i360 tower, the controversial ‘replacement’ for the seaside town’s much-loved but now-abandoned West Pier can be seen under construction in these recent photos.
Brighton’s i360 tower under construction -photos Read More
Brighton looked ruddy glorious in the July sunshine last week, and here’s a selection of photos taken during my short stay on the south coast.
Bars, beers, beaches and sunburn: Brighton basks in the early July sunshine Read More
Still quietly falling apart in Cavendish Square is this statue of the Duke of Cumberland, which has been created from soap.
A statue made of soap: Duke of Cumberland erodes away in Cavendish Square, London Read More
Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of central London today to protest against the government’s austerity measures.
Fifty photos – Anti Austerity Rally in Parliament Square, London, 20th June 2015 Read More
Here’s a selection of photos taken in and around Brighton this week. Above: a couple walks on to the beach as the skies darken.
Brighton seagulls, skinheads, seaside and sun, photos from the the south coast resort Read More
Cardiff Central Market has been around since Victorian times, and I always make a point of taking a look around whenever I’m back in my home town.
Bongs, buttons and bull strength at Cardiff’s Central Market – in photos Read More
Arriving suitably drenched after my deeply unwise walk from Westgate on Sea to Margate, I grabbed a few photos around the town as I headed for hot coffee and beer.
A rainy day in Margate. Photos from a wet and windy May afternoon Read More
Before Dulwich Hamlet’s crucial play off final at Margate, I thought it would be a great idea to get off the train a stop earlier at Westgate-on-Sea and then walk …
Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds – a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate Read More
I got a sneak preview of the latest event at the British Library celebrating Magna Carta’s 800th year; an embroidery re-creating Magna Carta’s Wikipedia page…
Magna Carta (An Embroidery) at the British Library celebrates the charter’s 800th anniversary Read More
The Canalway Cavalcade is a waterways boaters’ annual gathering that has been taking place at Little Venice in north London for over thirty years.
Boats galore at the Canalway Cavalcade in Little Venice, London Read More
The splendid Ivy House pub and venue in Nunhead is a pub that can claim many firsts. Not only is it London’s first co-operatively owned pub, but it is also the …
A trip to the Ivy House pub in Nunhead, London’s first co-operatively owned pub Read More
Located on Gray’s Inn Road, the Offsite Gallery is run by Vic the Barber and offers an unusual place to see art that is “perhaps too unconventional to be shown …
A Haircut and Art – Developers Up Yours by Gram Hilleard at the Offsite Gallery Read More
I’m really saddened to learn that The Old Cafe in Soho will be booted out of their premises on Charing Cross Road on Monday, 4th May.
The Old Cafe in Charing Cross, Soho gets booted out on Monday Read More
Last weekend I took a trip to Tonbridge in Kent, and grabbed some photos as I wandered around town before the Tonbridge vs Dulwich Hamlet football match.
Tonbridge, Kent – photos of the town centre, architecture and private schools Read More
Squatters have occupied a former office block in the heart of trendy Soho, and have said that they intend to turn it into a hub for the capital’s growing army of homeless people.
Squatters take over Soho offices to create a hub for London’s growing homeless Read More
Spring is in the air and I’ve been out and about in London with my trusty Ricoh GR camera. Here’s a brief selection of photos taken around the banks of the …
London in Spring – scenes by the River Thames and around the city 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
The Getty Gallery by Oxford Circus continues to be one of my favourite photography galleries in central London. Unlike the nearby, constantly-rammed Photographer’s Gallery, this free, small gallery almost always has enough space …
The theme is a bit vague, but the Getty Gallery’s ‘Big Is Beautiful’ photo exhibition is well worth a look Read More
Launched on the stroke of the new year of 2004, this interesting photographic project was created by 24 postgraduate photography students who decided to document the first day of the …
Photographic project seeks to capture the first day of 24 New Years in London Read More