Riding a vintage NYC subway car
This is well cool: every Sunday in December, New York City Transit run a 1930s subway train along a regular route, so startled passengers might find this old beauty rumbling …
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Random blogs, photos and features
A rainy December walk in London
Some photos from my rainy walk around central London and Brixton yesterday… Beheaded Belisha beacon, Atlantic Road, Brixton. Named after Leslie Hore-Belisha (1895-1957), who was Minister of Transport responsible for …
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Photographers’ Gallery moves to Oxford Circus
Formerly located on Great Newport Street (by Leicester Square), the Photographers’ Gallery moved to a new four storey site by Oxford Circus in December 2008. We went along to take …
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Brixton Offline with David Goo and the Actionettes!
The temperature inside the venue may have been bordering on sub-zero, but with a fine fare of entertainment on offer, things soon warmed up. The bill included the David Goo …
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Offline in Brooklyn, NYC
A few photos: Loads more New York photos coming soon!
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Christmas decorations, central London
A few photos from Soho… Few more here.
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Offline – ukuleles, rappers and protest singers
Some photos from Friday’s Offline club night in Brixton.
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You gotta love this one…
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‘Taking Liberties’ at the British Library
There’s a fascinating exhibition at the British Library revealing Britain’s “1,000-year struggle for our freedoms and rights.” A tour of historic struggles for freedom, there’s over 200 iconic documents and …
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North Wales walk: Glyn Ceiriog, near Chirk
I’ve finished posting up the photos from our fabulous walking holiday in north Wales. Here’s a few of the photos from the report. Check out the rest here. View from …
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Brixton autumnal sunsets
There’s been some fantastic autumnal sunsets around Brixton over the last couple of days. Here’s a few pics:
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Something to mesmerise you..
I love this thing:
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A trip to Rockaway Beach, 1986
Allow me to introduce a youthful photo of me near Rockaway Beach, on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens, circa 1986 – a trip taken …
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A London stroll
Here’s a few swifty snaps I took on my new Lumix X3 camera while wandering around London yesterday. The light was grey, the weather damp and I had a thumping …
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Offline Club mayhem!
Some photos from last night. It was a wild one, alright! There’s another Offline on Friday with four acts, rappers, ukuleles and more. And, as ever, it;’s free all night!Offline …
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Go Go Girls In Mexican Wrestling Masks? Filthy Pedro Anti-Folk? HELL Yes!
Come on down to Offline in Brixton tonight for a truly mad bill o’fun. And it’s all for free, natch! Fri 14th Nov ANTI-FOLK AND MEXICAN MASK GO-GO DANCERS Prince …
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The Lani Singers at Offline
Rarely has a band moved me so much as The Lani Singers. I feel incredibly humbled and honoured to have been able to put them on. Read the story of …
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Walking to Llangollen
On the weekend, I stayed with the urban75 walk club massive in a lovely bunkhouse in a remote part of north Wales. Here’s a photo from the walk from Glyn …
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Wrexham and Shropshire: finest railway company in the UK?
We’ve just been up to Chirk (nr Wrexham) and back using the new Wrexham and Shropshire railway company and the service was fantastic. The fare was £28 each return, we …
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Fireworks Night, Brixton
A hefty urban75 crew assembled at the George Canning, Hobgoblin, Hootananny ready for the annual Fireworks display at Brockwell Park, and it was a good ‘un. Here’s a few photos: …
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US Election night 2008
Some pics from the Brixton election parties at the Ritzy Cinema and the Madusa Club. I don’t think I met a single person who wants McCain to win. Unfortunately, we …
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A rainy day in London town
A few photographs taken from a very wet walk around Soho and Oxford Street on Saturday. It was a miserable day! Great Newport Street, Leicester Square Foyles bookstore, Charing Cross …
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Offline Halloween Party
Friday night’s Offline Halloween turned out to be a great night – the place was packed and the bands were fantastic. The bill included wild gypsy-punk shenanigans with DRUNKEN BALORDI, …
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Inner City Pirates, Brixton
We loved the Inner City Pirates when they played our Offline club back in July this year, so when we heard they were playing one of our favourite venues in …
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We love the 12 Bar Club, London
We love the 12 Bar Club. It’s one of the few old-school live venues left in central London that hasn’t either been closed or turned into a ghastly style bar. …
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A Borehamwood walk
Last weekend we went for an 12 mile walk along the ‘Timberland Trail’ runing from Borehamwood to the hamlet of Smallford. The walk should have been around 10 miles, but …
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Filthy Pedro & The Shanners @ Offline
Some photos from Friday’s lively Offline night at the Albert in Brixton.
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Kings Cross Gasometer
Following on from my photo feature in September last year, I grabbed a few more photos today of the Grade II listed gasometer. You can clearly see the parts of …
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Manette Street artwork
Wandering past Soho, we were surprised to see the buildings along the short stretch of Manette Street (off Charing Cross in Central London) having giant photocopies of people’s faces slapped …
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Brixton Skating Rink
Opened in 1910, Brixton Skating Rink was situated in Effra Road and was a popular venue until it closed around 1965. If you’d gone in the 1920s you could have …
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