Photo of the day: Dior model in a dumpster, London
I liked this scene in Ramillies Street, London W1, showing a shop display of a lantern jawed male model unceremoniously dumped in a bin.
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Photos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
The Sky Garden at the Walkie Talkie tower, 20 Fenchurch Street, London – photos
The Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has now opened to the public, so I took a stroll around yesterday.
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Say goodbye to the old Tottenham Court Road tube station in London
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve hurtled out of this tube exit heading off to a meeting or a gig – and there’s certainly been a few times I’ve staggered …
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Now that is clever: Foyles former shop rebranded as O YES sushi restaurant
This brought a smile to my face. After Foyles’ main book shop relocated a little further down the road, their former premises on the corner of Charing Cross and Manette Street …
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Christmas lights at London’s delightful Leadenhall Market
Designed in 1881 by Sir Horace Jones (also the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), Leadenhall Market in the City of London is a wonderful piece of architecture, and it …
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London in December: three chimneys at Battersea, Thames night views, parks and Christmas lights
Here’s a selection of photos taken around central London in the first two weeks of December, 2014, Above, a nattily dressed Maplin & Webb worker on Old Bond Street takes …
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Soho’s legendary 12 Bar Club to close in January 2015
And so another wonderful chunk of Soho’s rich musical history is set to disappear forever, with the news that the legendary 12 Bar Club in Denmark Street in central London …
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An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch
December is still several days away, but the Christmas frenzy is already in full flow around central London, as the shop tills start to ring out their seasonal fanfare. The …
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A depressing trudge in the rain around Northolt Park, north-west London
My trip to see Dulwich Hamlet play Harrow Borough on Saturday took me through Northolt Park, a singularly characterless suburb of north west London. It didn’t help that the rain …
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The hand-painted and hand made signs of Harrow Borough FC, north London
In line with the fan-run, no-budget, slightly ramshackle ethos, there’s often plenty of home-made and hand painted signs to be found around the grounds of lower league football teams. At …
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The reds and browns of a beautiful autumn in London
Autumn has long been one of my favourite seasons, second only to a proper winter with lashings of lovely snow and sharp, crisp, bright blue cloudless mornings.
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“Utterly moronic racist nonsense” – advertising by Notting Hill estate agents Strutt & Parker – UPDATE
Looking like something straight out of the 1970s is the offensive piece of advertising by estate agents Strutt & Parker, as seen on the London Underground today. (UPDATE 21st Nov: The company …
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The weird smiling face from the Vauxhall train carriage
I was waiting on the platform at Vauxhall station on Saturday afternoon, when I noticed this woman smiling at me from a train that had just pulled in. I instinctively …
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Ghostly football – players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey
Yesterday, I travelled to Surrey to watch Dulwich Hamlet take on the Metropolitan Police FC at their East Molesey ground. The game wasn’t that great – Hamlet lost 2-0 – but there were some dramatic scenes …
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London’s Buffalo Bar to close, with final event on New Year’s Eve 2014
I’m really saddened to hear that London is to lose another fine live music venue, with the Buffalo Bar in Highbury and Islington announcing that it will be hosting its …
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An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street
Late Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube …
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The late night bagel stores of Brick Lane, east London
One of the best places to be in East London after an evening enjoying an ample selection of the finest ales has to be Brick Lane, home of the freshly …
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An afternoon at the Electric Elephant Cafe, Crampton Street, south London
I first visited this little cafe back in December 2011, and it’s great to see that business is thriving and that it’s lost none of its down-to-earth charm.
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The Corvo Cult book launch at Maggs Bros in Berkeley Square, London
Last night I went along to the premises of Maggs Bros Ltd in Berkeley Square for the launch of an intriguing book about the English writer and eccentric, Frederick Rolfe.
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London car park artshow – We Could Not Agree at the Q Park, Cavendish Square
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 …
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Pro-democracy supporters rally outside Hong Kong trade office in London – photos
A host of yellow paper umbrellas appeared outside the offices of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London today, as supporters held a rally in solidarity with the …
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Baubles in October – the big Christmas cash-in kicks off in central London
It may be 70 days away, but the Big Christmas Cash In has already started in London’s West End, with several stores putting out their festival baubles.
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In photos: the amazing floating piazza at Covent Garden, as created by Alex Chinneck
Currently turning heads in Covent Garden is this remarkable structure by the artist and designer Alex Chinneck.
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London in miniature: the fabulous scale model at the Building Centre
I first visited the Building Centre back in 2011 and was suitably impressed by the amazing Pipers 1:1500 scale model of London which dominates the ground floor.
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Terror and Wonder, the Gothic Imagination at the British Library, London
Billed as the “UK’s biggest ever Gothic exhibition, “Terror and Wonder, the Gothic Imagination” opens today at the British Library in central London. Displaying two hundred rare objects, the exhibition traces 250 years of the …
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Japan Matsuri 2014 in Trafalgar Square, London -photos
The Japan Matsuri returned to central London on Saturday 27th Sept, bringing Japanese food, music, dance, family activities and more to Trafalgar Square. I popped along and grabbed a few pictures of …
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London’s worst street performers do their stuff in Trafalgar Square
The tourist heaving environs of Trafalgar Square often provide rich pickings for buskers and street performers – but generally some kind effort is required to catch the eye of passers …
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Kurdish activists protest against ISIS in Oxford Circus, London, Sat 27th Sept 2014
Part of the busy Oxford Street junction with Regent Street was gridlocked this afternoon as Kurdish demonstrators protested against the Islamic State (ISIS).
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HMS President covered in dazzle camouflage on the River Thames, London
Completed in July this year, the WW1 warship HMS President on the Thames has been repainted in ‘dazzle camouflage,’ as part of 14-18 NOW, the official cultural programme to commemorate …
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Views from The Shard skyscraper: Shangri-la hotel, London landscapes and a high tech toilet
Last week I took another trip up the Shard skyscraper in London Bridge, this time courtesy of a tech press launch I was invited to. The launch took place in the ultra-plush …
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