Travelling around central London in May and June was made a little more enjoyable by keeping an eye out for over 250 decorated elephants scattered around the capital, in parks, open spaces and shopping centres, as part of Elephant Parade London. Each elephant was decorated by a different artist, and at the beginning of July [...]
I needed to get a few photos last night, so I got out my camera and set up my Nikon SB800 strobe on a tripod. I was just fitting a CTO gel to the flash when my girlfriend thought it would fun to take a photo of me at work. Unfortunately, what she didn’t realise [...]
I first popped along to see the graffiti and stencil art in Leake Street back in July; those pieces have now been removed, and replaced with some new works. As I had to be at Waterloo station for 8 o’clock on Thursday morning, I decided to check out the new work (sans tripod, but at [...]
It seems as though someone proposes a new harebrained scheme an ambitious new regeneration project for Battersea Power Station every few years. The latest plans for the redevelopment of the power station are still at the pre-planning application stage, but this month the site is open to the public as part of the promotion/consultation for [...]
It’s not often I’m in central London early on a Sunday morning, but this today I found myself heading home at 8 o’clock. The weather was beautiful, and as I had my camera with me, I decided to take a detour to Leake Street, behind Waterloo station. I missed the Cans Festival which took place [...]
By lunchtime yesterday I felt in need of a break from staring at the computer screen, so decided to go for a little stroll. The clouds threatened rain, but it didn’t materialise – just as well, as my little stroll turned into a six mile walk! I headed east from London Bridge station and followed [...]
I was intending to do a bit of almost-live blogging about this breaking news yesterday, but unfortunately my broadband went down about 5.30pm and has only just returned, albeit in a rather unreliable state (expect a rant about Virgin Media shortly). So, 21 hours late… High drama in East Dulwich this yesterday afternoon, as a [...]
I have to admit this weekend didn’t quite go according to plan. I was meant to be having a few drinks on Friday night to celebrate a friend’s birthday, then travelling down to Devon for a big party in the countryside on Saturday. Unfortunately Friday night turned out to be more of a heavy-duty session [...]
I had time to pop up to Tate Modern to have a look at their Street Art exhibition at lunchtime today. It’s the first commission to use the outside of the building, and consists of 15-meter high wall mountings by six international street artists, plus a Street Art Walking Tour around Bankside.
The mini-heatwave London’s currently experiencing (the warmest start to May for 200 years apparently) has provided me with a good excuse to down-tools and potter off to explore one of south London’s hidden gems, Nunhead Cemetery. It’s been a good few years since I was last there, and I’d forgotten just how impressive it is. [...]
The undoubted highlight of my social calendar last year was the raucous week spent on Rhodes for Jonathan & Suzanne’s wedding. Although it fell during my somewhat extended blogging hiatus, I can tell you Lindos was lovely, we met lots of good people and had fun in rather epic proportions. Once back in Blightly I [...]
I’ve uploaded some of the Glastonbury 2005 photos – write-up to follow shortly.
I’m back from Neil’s wedding, which was absolutely great. My journey up to Sheffield was fairly uneventful, apart from when my bags got stuck in the ticket barrier at Elephant & Castle tube station. Upon arrival, I sauntered off into the city centre, only to find that Sheffield doesn’t seem to have a city centre [...]
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