Photos, features, oddities and snapshots from the streets of London
After a long winter, it only takes a few beams of sunlight breaking through the cloud to get London’s parks filled up with picnickers, suntan seekers, loungers, drinkers and newspaper perusers. With …
Spring has sprung in Green Park, London Read More
Costing a cool £24m and the result of several years work, the roof renewal project at London’s bustling Victoria railway terminus is finally reaching completion.
London Victoria railway station – the refurbished roof sees the light Read More
Things aren’t looking too good for Streatham residents at the moment, with the High Road peppered with closed down swimming baths, cinema and clubs.
Streatham struggles to keep its leisure and entertainment venues Read More
This was a lovely day out – the weather was fantastic and there was enough wind about to keep most kites up.
Streatham Kite Day 2011 – photos Read More
Work continues apace on The Shard tower at London Bridge, which will be the tallest building in the European Union when completed next year.
The Shard, London Bridge, nears completion Read More
One of the oldest surviving markets in Britain, records show that second hand clothes and bric-a-brac were being sold and exchanged around Petticoat Lane as far back as 1608.
A walk down Petticoat Lane Market, London E1 Read More
Not physically related to the Heron Tower at 100 Bishopgate although built by the same people, this posh residential development is apparently set to “redefine standards of luxury living in …
The Heron rises in the City, 36-storeys for the well heeled in EC2 Read More
Blimey! When I started urban75 way back in 1995, I never thought it would still be going strong in 2011, and today sees the bulletin board hitting the astonishing total of …
urban75 celebrates 10 million posts Read More
Well worth a visit is the Museum of London’s ‘London street photography’ exhibition, showing over 200 candid street scenes from 1860 to the present day.
Museum of London: London Street Photography Read More
Seen earlier today at Farringdon station, central London, was this heavily graffiti’d train carriage on a northbound train. Only the last carriage had been painted. Scroll down for more.
Pics of the day: graffiti train, Farringdon, London Read More
With Friday, April 1st being ‘All Together for the NHS Day‘ actions are taking place all across the UK to raise awareness about and protest against the Health and Social …
NHS blood-spilling direct action at Charing Cross – photos Read More
I’m fairly partial to a beer-fuelled pub quiz or two, and there’s always quite a few going on around Brixton in the week. There doesn’t seem to be any official …
Brixton pub quizzes: a handy list Read More
It’s been one hell of a weekend, but I’ve finally got around to posting up my photos from the huge march on Saturday. Scroll down for a selection, with links …
March for the Alternative, London demo: 220 photos Read More
Just got back in from the huge anti-cuts march in central London today. I took hundreds of photos but seeing as I have to get ready for the free after …
Photos from the TUC March for the Alternative, 26th March 2011 Read More
Left empty and criminally deteriorating are these fine early Victorian mansions on Windsor Walk, right next to Denmark Hill railway station, London SE5.
Abandoned Victorian mansions, Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill SE5 Read More
I’ve been along to some cafe launches before, but there’s no doubting that the launch for The Shed in Fulham last night was the liveliest of the lot.
Celeb-compacted launch for The Shed Cafe, Walham Grove SW6 Read More
The Government is introducing spending cuts that will damage public services, put hundreds of thousands out of work, have a terrible impact on the vulnerable, damage communities and undermine much …
March for the Alternative demo, Sat 26th March 2011 – info, legal help, chat and after-party Read More
Laughably labelled as “in motion” by some Frappuccino-fuelled over privileged rich-kid overheard in a cafe, Loughborough Junction remains a pale shadow of its former self.
A walk through ‘in motion’ Loughborough Junction, south London Read More
If you’re as cartographically obsessed as me, you’ll quite happily spend long hours poring over Ordnance Survey maps, archive maps, route diagrams and rail maps, and if you’ve any interest …
Fantastic London transport map is a rail buff’s delight Read More
One of south London’s lesser known parks, Ruskin Park is situated between Camberwell, Brixton and Herne Hill (and right next to Denmark Hill station), and I took a lovely stroll through it …
Ruskin Park in the spring, south London Read More
After reaching just six floors high, work stalled on the Pinnacle Tower (formerly known as the Bishopsgate Tower) last year after a half-billion pound shortfall in funding looked set to consign the …
London’s 288m Pinnacle Tower gets back on track Read More
One of London’s lesser known art galleries, the South London Gallery lurks in deepest Camberwell – right next to Camberwell School of Art – and is well worth a visit.
A trip to the South London Gallery and No 67 cafe, London SE5 Read More
It’s been thirty long years since the streets of Brixton responded to increasingly heavy handed policing with a full blown riot, involving up to 5,000 people. Described as “Bloody Saturday” …
Brixton riot 30 years on: Windrush Square event, Sun 10th April 2011 Read More
Written and presented by the ever-entertaining Jay Foreman, I’ve rather enjoyed this video about the 1970s motorway-crazed London ‘Ringways’ project that – thankfully – never fully came to life.
Unfinished London and the Ring Roads that never were Read More
The 26th March, 2011 will see Trade Unions, Pensioners’ groups, Unemployed organisations, students and local residents, march against the cuts and in defence of public services.
March 26th: March Against The Cuts, Kennington Park, 11am Read More
After occupying Guy Ritchie’s Fitzrovia mansion for a while, those cheeky chappies at The Really Free School have found a new location for their activities at The Hand and Racquet …
The Really Free School – Guy Ritchie’s nemesis – moves to WC2 Read More
Huzzah! It’s the Victoria Line’s birthday today, which was opened by the Queen on the 7th March 1969.
Victoria Line turns 42 today. Happy Birthday! Read More
Two snapshots in progress, the South Bank, London. [More photos]
Pic of the day: a pair of photographers, South Bank, London Read More
Assembling on the last Friday of every month underneath Waterloo Bridge, central London, Critical Mass is an ‘unorganised coincidence’ which involves a lot of cyclists all deciding to cycle the …
Critical Mass bike ride, London Feb 2011 Read More
It was great to see my old mates The Monochrome Set playing last night at the fabulous London Popfest, the 100 Club, London.
Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London Read More