Follow on from our earlier photo report, here’s some more images from today’s Extinction Rebellion action in central London. All photos/video by Niall Carroll.
More photos of today’s Extinction Rebellion direct action in central London, 15th April 2019 Read More
Today, Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters took part in a major demonstration across central London. Roads and bridges were blocked as campaigners parked a boat at Oxford Circus and blocked Marble …
In photos: Extinction Rebellion direct action protests in central London, Mon 15th April 2019 Read More
It’s now changed out of all recognition with the legendary 12 Bar Club closing and several music stores moving out due to redevelopment, but this small road in central London …
London 15 years ago: Denmark Street, 12 Bar Club & The Astoria, Soho, London in April 2004 Read More
Fifteen years ago, you could barely walk around the centre of London without banging into some poor soul hanging on to an oversized placard advertising a computer fair, golf sale, …
The human billboards and sandwich men on the streets of Soho 15 years ago – London history, April 2004 Read More
Last September, The Monochrome Set played the main stage at the BAM Festival in Barcelona and had a brilliant time of it. We were playing in front of thousands of …
In photos: The Monochrome Set at the BAM festival, Barcelona, Sept 2018 Read More
Earlier this month, I was with The Monochrome Set on a whistle-stop tour of the US, taking in no less than nine gigs and three radio sessions on both the …
Dispatches from the Monochrome Set’s USA tour, March 2019 Read More
Here’s a selection of snowy scenes taken in New York’s Central Park on the 1st March 2019, St David’s Day.
In photos: Central Park in the snow on St David’s Day, New York, March 2019 Read More
Here’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail. Read more …
Lost London: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008 Read More
Last weekend, I paid my second visit to Sheffield in recent times and once again failed spectacularly to see anything of what I know is a most excellent city.
A damp and grey day in Sheffield – with high-level flasher, main roads and The Monochrome Set, Feb 2019 Read More
Taken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End.
A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019 Read More
I’ve noticed this cardboard-packed phonebox off Oxford Street a couple of times in the past, and it’s always mystified me.
The mystery of the London phonebox that’s full of cardboard – in photos Read More
The Moon’s closer proximity to the Earth made for a spectacular sunset over the River Thames yesterday evening.
A beautiful big Moon over the River Thames – in photos Read More
I was really saddened to see that the rather wonderful Getty Images Gallery by Oxford Circus has now closed for good.
London’s Getty Images Gallery is now permanently closed, Jan 2019 Read More
Here’s a set of thirty photographs taken around Barcelona’s ‘La Barceloneta’ and ‘Platja de Sant Miquel’ beaches and harbour towards the end of a last year.
In photos: a look at the Barcelona beaches in the last days of summer Read More
Here’s a selection of photos from a rainy walk around central London on a rainy Saturday afternoon in December.
London pics: Christmas lights, rain, Pixel 3 and a bloke dragging a golden cross, Dec 2018 Read More
I was back up in Manchester last weekend, and took time out to capture some of the incredible street art that can be found around the centre of the city:
The street art, posters and stickers of Manchester – in photos, Dec 2018 Read More
A market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in …
Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018 Read More
As seen on a chilly night last week, here’s some photos of the rather splendid Christmas lights on display around Brighton on England’s south coast.
Baubles, dolphins and clock towers – the Christmas lights around Brighton, Nov 2018 Read More
As autumn slowly heads into winter and the nights get longer, here’s a selection of 30 photos taken around central London in mid-November.
Autumn in London – photos of street scenes, the British Museum, sweet nothings and rain, Nov 2018 Read More
First exhibited on the roof of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016, Cornelia Parker’s Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) makes for a striking centrepiece of the Royal Academy’s courtyard in central London.
PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, Nov 2018 Read More
Taken during a wander around central london over the weekend, here’s a selection of shots taken around central London last weekend.
London street photography: tourists, galleries, street art and Halloween, October 2018 Read More
The capital of northeastern Spain’s Aragon region, Zaragoza overlooks the Ebro River and is famous for its Islamic and Gothic architecture. However, my attention was more taken by the vivid colours, …
Zaragoza photos: Colours, life, street art, signs, architecture and The Monochrome Set Read More
Here’s a short series of photographs taken around the South bank, Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridge during the fading light of an autumnal London sunset.
Jet trails, blue skies, skyscrapers and glass lamps: a South Bank sunset, autumn 2018 Read More
Here’s a selection of London scenes from my archives, including scenes from Soho street scenes, the Tate’s Weather Project and St Pancras. The photos were all taken 15 years ago …
London 15 years ago: Soho street scenes, the Tate’s Weather Project and St Pancras, October 2003 Read More
Six weeks after our cable car journey over the Welsh mountains in Llandudno, we took in a very different kind of view as we drifted across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount …
In photos: A cable car trip across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount Montjuïc to Barcelona Beach Read More
Here’s some things that caught my eye while walking around central London a couple of days ago. Above: shoes, Hills Place, Oxford Circus.
London street views: Discarded knickers, bins, signs and details, October 2018 Read More
With London embracing Autumn’s long shadows and chilly breezes, I took to the streets and grabbed some photos around Soho, the Southbank and Battersea.
London street scenes: autumn shadows, Southbank book browsers, low tide Thames and random signs Read More
Found lurking on the floor of a particularly grim and unloved underpass by the Southbank Centre can be found this charming collection of mosaic portraits, celebrating well-known people with connections …
Art in dingy places: The joy of the Southbank floor mosaics Read More
An ultra-modern scientific and cultural complex known in Spanish as la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences offers breathtaking architecture housing Europe’s largest aquarium, …
The incredible futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain – in photos Read More
Here’s fifty photos taken during a recent visit to Preston in Lancashire.
In photos: Preston, Lancashire – the iconic bus station, closed shops and architecture Read More