Photos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
British Council has put over 120 short heritage films online, with footage covering all aspects of British life. Dating back to 1939, the films were commissioned by the Council to …
Wartime Waterloo station shown off in fascinating British Council short film Read More
On a thoroughly miserable wet and grey April afternoon, I grabbed a couple of photos of The Shard and its accompanying London Bridge Quarter development.
The Shard and London Bridge Quarter in the April gloom Read More
Soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK, St George Wharf Tower continues to thrust its cylindrical form up into the London skyline.
St George Wharf Tower as seen from Brixton, south London Read More
In what’s rapidly turning into an annual event, long-serving indie popsters The Monochrome Set played a superb set to a packed house at London’s Dingwalls last night. Here’s some photos from …
The Monochrome Set entertain London Dingwalls, April 2012 Read More
Plans are afoot for London’s iconic Centre Point skyscraper, with developers proposing to ‘transform the office building and public realm into a new residential use tower with retail, restaurants and a major public space at its base.”
Centre Point redevelopment plans announced – luxury penthouse ahoy! Read More
St George’s Day came early in Trafalgar Square this year, with a free festival being put on to celebrate England’s patron saint on Saturday.
St George’s Day festival, Trafalgar Square, London Read More
I loved the look of the pub in the preview I posted on Wednesday, and last night I went along to the full opening of the Crown & Anchor, a fab …
Crown & Anchor launches in a real ale frenzy, Brixton Road, Brixton Read More
I love seeing these lovely old Pullman trains go by – especially when they’re being hauled by a huffin’ and puffin’ steam locomotive – but this diesel-hauled special has been …
Lightning strike takes out signals: posh Pullman train stuck at signals in Brixton Read More
To celebrate the switch from analogue to digital TV services in London, a “spectacular” lightshow was promised at the Crystal Palace broadcast tower. Sadly, what I saw in downtown Brixton was far from …
Crystal Palace tower celebrates switch from analogue to digital TV with damp squib display Read More
There’s a new real ale bar coming to Brixton – and I was lucky enough to be invited for a pre-opening preview (and to try out some of the delicious beers and ciders …
The Crown and Anchor, 246 Brixton Road, SW9 – a new real ale bar for Brixton Read More
A fantastic new exhibition showing off a collection of well-known and rare archive photos of Marilyn Monroe is currently running at the Getty Image Gallery near Oxford Circus, central London.
Marilyn Monroe photo exhibition at the Getty Images gallery, Oxford Circus, London 14th April 2012 Read More
We had a great night last Friday with the fabulous Dulwich Ukulele Club putting on a lively show to a packed Brixton Albert. Here’s some photos from the night:
An avalanche of ukes with the Dulwich Ukulele Club at Brixton Offline Read More
Back in March, it was the French taking over Trafalgar Square in central London, but yesterday it was the turn of the orange army, as the space was given over …
Holland House Dutch festival turns Trafalgar Square orange Read More
Properties around Coldharbour Lane in central Brixton are certainly feeling the effects of this giant screw piledriver that is hard at work on the site of the old Cooltan community …
Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane throbs to the thump of a mighty piledriver Read More
Thanks to the hard work of a dedicated team of volunteers, the Epping to Ongar branch line railway in Essex is set to reopen to passengers next month. From Friday 25th …
Epping to Ongar railway reopens: steam, archive photos, Blake Hall and Sham 69 Read More
Work continues on the multi-billion redevelopment on the 65 acre brownfield site behind Kings Cross and St Pancras stations and bounded by the Regent’s canal. Here’s some photos from a …
A walk around Regent’s Canal and the King’s Cross redevelopment, central London Read More
Offering a huge selection of books, this magnificent bookshop can be found on Marylebone High Street, central London.
The Edwardian elegance of Daunt Books, Marylebone, London Read More
The wind was a little on the sporadic side, but the weather was glorious at the fourteenth Streatham Common Kite Day yesterday.
Streatham Kite Day 2012 – sunshine, kites and a modest amount of wind Read More
Leinster Gardens in Bayswater, London is a street with a twist, in so much that two of its houses don’t actually exist.
The fake houses at 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens, Bayswater, London W2 Read More
Ace sarf London skifflers the Severed Limb were all shipshape and Bristol fashion last night, putting on a great live set in an old barge on the Thames.
Skiffle slamdown at the Severed Limb launch party on the River Thames, London Read More
Today has been a very sad day, as we travelled to Greenwich for the funeral of Sam Hiller, a kind, generous, gentle, funny and unique young man, loved by many.
Funeral for a friend in Greenwich. RIP Sam Hiller Read More
Here’s a few photos from taken around a bustling Covent Garden in central London over the weekend.
Covent Garden, the white cuddly bear and the wooden people Read More
I can’t think of many Finnish-owned bakeries in London, but this one in Golden Square, Soho is definitely worth a visit – especially for the cinnamon buns!
Cinnamon buns to die for at the Nordic Bakery, Golden Square, Soho, London W1 Read More
It wasn’t quite as warm as the clear blue sky suggests, but yesterday we went for a very pleasant picnic in Brockwell Park, a 125 acre park located between Brixton, Herne Hill …
A sunny Spring Sunday afternoon in Brockwell Park, south London Read More
Perhaps one of London’s lesser known public square, Golden Square lies just east of Regent Street and north of Piccadilly Circus in Soho.
Saturday lunchtime at Golden Square, Soho, London Read More
Occupying the former entrance to the Midland Grand Hotel, a trip through the revolving door – one of the very first in the UK – takes you into the sumptuous interior of the Bar at …
Cocktails in the Gothic splendour of the Gilbert Scott bar, Midland Hotel, St Pancras Read More
Spawned from trendy, tight-trousered Spitalfields, where their original coffee bar became the stuff of legend, Antipodean baristas Nude Espresso shimmied west in the summer of last year to set up a cafe in the heart of town.
A caffeinated treat at Nude Espresso in Soho Square, central London Read MoreEntitled ‘1001 TV Sets (End Piece)’, 1972-2012,’ this work by video art pioneer David Hall at London’s Ambika P3 features over 1,000 TV sets, all tuned to random terrestrial stations. It proved to …
1001 TV sets slowly tune into white noise, David Hall, Ambika P3, London Read More
Designed by John McAslan and Partners, the stunning new roof at King’s Cross station forms part of a half billion project to create a “transport super-hub” in time for the Olympics.
The new King’s Cross railway station concourse in photos Read More
Situated in a pair of nondescript industrial buildings betwixt the painfully trendy parts of Islington and Hoxton are two galleries that are definitely worth a visit; the Victoria Miro and Parasol Unit contemporary …
Victoria Miro and Parasol Unit contemporary art galleries, London N1 Read More