A lighthouse in London
I love this old building right by Kings Cross station. The story is that the building originally served as an oyster house – oysters being the fast food of the …
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Gasometers are cool
I passed this tonight, and grabbed a couple of shots with my Ricoh GR camera. Once one four famous gasometers serving the area around Kings Cross, this one – officially …
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Robin Ince at Offline
Despite being bedevilled by a string of post-Glastonbury casualties and one of the acts cancelling after being rushed to hospital, there was still entertainment a-plenty with the Blazing Zoos, Kings …
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Funerals and Parisian jazz bands
Blimey. Yesterday was a bit of a strange one. I woke up in Cardiff after coming up the night before for my grandmother’s funeral. It was a crisp and sunny …
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Offline, Prince Albert
Last night’s Offline was another heap of fun. Being January, I was expecting a quiet crowd, but they were most certainly up for it! I got to play a load …
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Bands, castles and beer
On Thursday we checked out the excellent Kings Cross Hot Club at the venerable 100 Club on Oxford Street. Offering a mix of “duelling acoustic guitars and violin, ragtime syncopation …
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London rain… and Usk station
London rain… Lordy! Thing are extremely hectic right now, so this has to be a short update.. On Saturday, we hit the fabulous People’s Republic of Disco at the Windmill. …
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A trip to Spalding to Stamford, Lincolnshire
Last night’ we hit the bright lights of Spalding, starting the evening with a few pints at the Lincolnshire Poacher, a lively pub heavily oversubscribed with hen parties. We later …
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Urban Art Fairs and shopping for clothes
Shopping and drinking Now, when it comes to shopping for clothes, I’m not too good. In fact, I’m utterly rubbish. I get stressed within seconds of entering a clothes shop, …
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A walk up Primrose Hill on a really hot Sunday afternoon – 15 photos
A while back I documented a short walk from King’s Cross to Camden to Regent’s Park, and it’s become one of the most popular articles on this blog. I’ve since …
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In photos: Battersea Power Station redevelopment – luxury flats, trendy shops and security guards
Once a vital London power station fuelled by Welsh coal, Battersea Power Station is now undergoing the full luxury redevelopment treatment, offering unaffordable apartments and “world-class bars and restaurants, interspersed …
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In photos: a visual taster of the joys of Tolworth, south west London
Faced with a quarter of an hour to kill before the next London bound train, I took a quick stroll around Tolworth, a suburban area in the Royal Borough of …
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Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, June 2020
The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has reduced the once bustling centre of London into a ghost town, with almost all its shops, businesses, cafes and bars remaining closed for over two …
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Boomtown Fair festival sells out in record time
It’s long been urban75’s favourite festival of the year, and we’re not surprised to see that all 60,000 tickets have sold out this year in record time.
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BoomTown Fair 2015 full line up announced with official trailer
Boomtown has long been my favourite UK festival – check out the photo feature documenting the last three years there – and the organisers have just announced the line up for …
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A trip to Somerset House and the Return of the Rudeboy Exhibition, Strand, London
Located between the Strand and the River Thames, the current Somerset House dates back to 1775, with the neo-classical building being centred around a beautiful courtyard. Formerly the home of the …
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Take a photo tour of the abandoned Aldwych tube station in central London
Located on London’s Strand, a visit to the depths of the disused Aldwych tube station is something of a holy grail for transport fans. Although London Transport are known to occasionally …
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Over fifty Margate photos, including beach views, Dreamland, Turner Gallery, Old Town and more
I enjoyed a splendid trip to the seaside town of Margate in Kent recently, and spent the day wandering around the beachfront and old town before heading off to the …
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Empty deckchairs and a damp June afternoon in Green Park, London
Britain’s under-performing summer was busy doing its thing in central London over the weekend, with grey skies and occasional showers keeping the deckchairs unoccupied in Green Park.
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Epping to Ongar railway reopens: steam, archive photos, Blake Hall and Sham 69
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 …
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Thee Faction and The Nuns at Half Moon, Putney, south London
It’s not often I drift west into the rugger-loving wilds of Putney, but it was well worth the trip last night to see a triple bill of Thee Faction, The …
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The weirdness of the Lower Mill Estate: a gated, second-home Cotswold ‘community’
Feeling like a cross between a Hollywood set, The Prisoner, The Truman Show and some soulless gated community in a posh part of Los Angeles is the Lower Mill Estate, …
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