Cities, towns and mountains
Bad news from the Big Apple Last night, my very favourite New York bar, The Raven, suffered a serious fire and there’s a chance that the place may have to …
Bad news from the Big Apple – the Raven Bar burns down Read More
Site updates.. London photos Added a page about a Saturday stroll around a wintery London here. Also new, a section about Cabman’s shelters which are Victorian ‘mini-cafes’ for London cab-drivers.
Cabman’s shelters and a London walk, Feb 2006 Read More
Double whammy of Offlines It’s only Saturday morning and the strain is showing after two Offline nights! On Thursday, I put on the first ‘regular’ Offline at Brixton JAMM – …
Double whammy of Offlines Read More
Williamsburg/Brooklyn photos posted! I’m slowly working through the hundreds of photos from my November NY trip and have just posted up 80+ pics taken in Brooklyn. Manhattan shots to follow! …
Williamsburg/Brooklyn photos posted! Read More
Williamsburg photos are up! Well, actually, only a tiny handful are there so far (23), but I’ve made a start! It’s going to be a massive task – I took …
Williamsburg photos are up! Read More
Country walk, drinking and a new camera On Saturday I was charged with organising the January urban75 country walk, and am pleased to say that there was a healthy turn …
Country walk, drinking and a new camera – Ricoh GRD Read More
Eeek! I’m still recovering from last night’s monster mash-up at Unsound in Camberwell – what a session that was – I didn’t get in till 8am and I’ve barely slept …
Happy New Year! (Blwyddwyn Newydd Dda ) Read More
Christmas in Cardiff Had a great time up in my home town over Christmas, taking in some lovely country walks in the Brecon Beacons, wolfing down real ale, (half) climbing …
Christmas in Cardiff Read More
Are you lit up for Christmas? A local paper asks: From Hemel Today
Buncefield: Are you lit up for Christmas? Read More
The fuckwittedness of Fox News Early this morning, there was a series of huge explosions at the Buncefield oil distribution depot near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, shooting flames hundreds of feet …
Buncefield: the fuckwittedness of Fox News Read More
London Routemaster Farewell The Powers That Be have decided that the hugely popular, much-loved Routemaster buses will no longer run on London’s roads, and today saw the last surviving service …
London Routemaster Farewell in Brixton Read MoreNew York Panoramas I’m still sifting through the zillions of pictures taken on my recent US trip, but I’ve now posted up 15 panoramas from New York City, Brooklyn and …
New York Panoramas Read MoreNot a lot of people know this, but two short scenes from the fab 1966 hit film ‘Alfie’ were shot in Brixton. Thanks to the generosity of the urban75 board …
Alfie, Michael Caine and the Brixton connection Read More
NEW YORK BLOG – 5th – 17th November (Photo gallery to follow!) Saturday 5th November: New York bound! With a thick head after last night’s alcohol-slopping Offline (that beer at …
New York blog – Williamsburg and Lower East Side adventures Read More
New Brighton photos! I’ve just added about thirty new pics to the Brighton photo gallery Sad to see the West Pier looking so moribund – here’s how it looked just …
New Brighton photos! Read More
Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2 It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Cardiff win, but I was a happy bunny on Saturday, even if the ‘field of dreams’ looked …
Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2 Read More
Offlines coming up Its going to tally up to three Offlines this month, with another Birkbeck gig on the 21st, followed by a Dogstar mash up on the 27th. Here’s …
Offlines coming up Read More
Photos from Offline2 @ Birkbeck College It was a strange night at first – I had to grimace through 45 minutes of a horribly over-enthusiastic salsa instructor whooping up a …
Photos from Offline2 @ Birkbeck College Read More
Daft story of the day – from the South London Press. It’s about squirrels supposedly becoming addicted to the crack rocks that addicts have been stashing in Brixton front lawns …
Brixton Crack Squirrels and urban75 Read More
Offline photos, bikes and Blagging Lizzy Thursday’s Offline at the Dogstar was a hoot – there was a busy crowd and the acts were excellent. And I got drunk. Last …
Offline photos, bikes and Blagging Lizzy Read More
Curry 1 Terrorists 0 So the tubes were in a chaos, the buses weren’t running and chunks of London were sealed off with police tape – but we had a …
‘Oval Tube Bomb’ – Curry 1 Terrorists 0 Read More
Site updates If I say so myself, there’s some great new stuff on the site. Taking pride of place is my spod-tastic Abandoned stations and disused railways section, offering photo …
Site updates – devils Dyke and Brighton Read MoreThe quagmire returns ‘The chances of getting a heavy downpour are quite small’, said a Met Office spokesman yesterday. Yeah, rrrright. Last night was the meanest, loudest, heaviest and longest …
The quagmire returns – rain in London Read More
Long overdue updates (part one): Offline, Tom Robinson, Fierce Festival and Bonnington Cafe 26th May, Offline Club with Tom Robinson It was hectic as usual, but in the end Offline …
Offline, Tom Robinson, Fierce Festival and Bonnington Cafe Read More
A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton I’ve just posted up a two page photo report from the Sunday’s urban75 walk to Devil’s Dyke, and what a fabulous …
A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton Read More
Site updates I’ve been dusting off some of my old negatives and scanning in London pictures taken on my trusty Olympus OM10 35mm camera, waaay back in the 1980s. It …
London’s docklands in the 80s, Epping to Ongar railway Read More
The Banjo Artshow exhibition at Cide, Waterloo Hung out with the low-trousered skateboard doodz tonight at the Banjo Artshow downstairs in the cide skateshop, 88 lower marsh street, waterloo, london. …
The Banjo Artshow exhibition at Cide, Waterloo Read More
Osterley Park Walk On a whim, we went out for a lovely walk on Sunday, through Osterley Park (west London) and along part of the Grand Union Canal. It’s a …
Osterley Park Walk Read More
This is going to be a short set of updates on account of the beastly bastard storm cloud looming up on my horizon. Yep, my tax return is due for …
Tax, curry and drink Read MoreFestive greetings! Christmas Eve started in the Deri, a lively pub in Rhiwbina, Cardiff before getting into the spirit of lager at the Butchers Arms, half a mile away. Christmas …
Festive greetings from Caerdydd Read More