Top weekend! On Saturday, we checked out several Solstice Parties before ending up near Waterloo for the superb Reclaim the Beach party. This takes place on the banks of the …

Slightly lagered…. Well, it’s been a long couple of days. Yesterday I was working like mad trying to finish the oft-put-off writing job and then I went off to the …

Things I have done today when I should be working on pressing writing deadline 1. Cleaned my keyboard thoroughly 2. Tidied up my office 3. Got out some fairy lights …

Pre Match Tension builds… Well, I’ve got my tickets for the game on Sunday and I’m already feeling nervous – 72,000 packed into the mighty Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and …

Bloooobirds! Just got back from a long coach trip to Bristol and back to watch the mighty Cardiff City secure their place in the Division Two play off final (in …

Oh, me poor ‘ead! Last night’s ‘quiet’ drink turned out to be a bit of a quaff-a-thon, ending up at the excellent Juice Bar on Coldharbour Lane – a small, …

Lovely, lovely Wales! I’ve been browsing the Famous Welsh website, which lists famous people with Welsh connections (although some of the connections are a tad tenuous!) Did you know that …

ZULU: respect! I’ve just watched the seminal 1964 film ‘Zulu’ (with Michael Caine and Stanley Baker) and was pleasantly surprised to find how much I enjoyed it. Far from being …

I hate football Or rather I didn’t until Cardiff City’s form took a complete nosedive and we’ve turned into a bunch of loosers, lossers and lamerz. COME ON CITY!!! (please)

A sad site Witness the sad remains of a bombed dot com Bless them – their homepage shows their logo falling apart, ripped background wallpaper and a broken TV…

King Hangover! After a stupendous birthday quaff on Thursday, it took me two days to feel like a beer again – and last night I certainly made up for my …

It’s my birthday – woohooo! I have just one objective in mind: beer. Lots of it.

Back from Cornwall After a delightful 5 days in beautiful St Ives, I’m now back in grimy old Brixton preparing myself for a Magnum Birthday Quaff tomorrow. And allow me …

Pubs They rock, don’t they? A few beers with some friends, a few new faces, some interesting conversations and that feeling that you’re enjoying the very same kind of social …

I need a drink Check out the Stop the War photos from Saturday’s march and then laugh at the drunken oafs in the urban75 post-march party And if you really …

Stuck I’ve been buckling under a beastly writing deadline which meant I didn’t leave the house for 2 whole days. And I think it’s making me go a little odd….

BBC radio here I come! At 22:00 to midnight tonight I’m going to be on a live BBC London radio “pub quiz”, where I intend to quaff, quaff and quaff …

Woe is me! The unstoppable, soaraway success of urban75 is causing real problems with the server. With up to a quarter of a million page impressions per day, it looks …

Gig of the year! (so far) It’s taken a few days for me to get around to telling you about it, but the Be Good Tanyas at the Festival hall …

New on urban75! Punch Iain Duncan Smith Punch Saddam Punch Jim Davidson and a swanky new Punch homepage!

Favourite links of the day! Tens of Bush Supporters Take To the Streets In Support of the President – fab pisstake See New York in the snow – if you’ve …

An all-protestin’, all-partyin’ weekend! On Saturday I joined the biggest demo Britain has ever seen – the Stop The War march in London, and then checked out the Brixton Telegraph …

Today’s top link! Make your own George Bush speech! Use this fun Flash game to ‘speechify’ Bush as he continues his ‘bombification’ of Iraq and tries to ‘eliminatise’ Saddam. And …

Phew – what a weekend! This weekend saw yours truly talking the usual bollocks at the prestigious Fabian Society’s annual conference, sat on discussion panels with a Lord and the …

Number One! After a truly immense redesign of the urban75 panorama section and the photo sections, I’ve now getting number one rankings at Google for phrases like, “London photos”, “Chicago …