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Inner-City Youth, a photo essay with audio comment...

Inner-City Youth, a photo essay with audio commentary by Simon Wheatly, documenting the underprivileged youth of London and grime music culture.

Linked on 25th July 2006 Details

The V&A’s latest exhibition site features a great ...

The V&A’s latest exhibition site features a great sixties TV documentary on the swinging London fashion scene.

Linked on 21st September 2006 Details

Greenpeace get kicked out of Apple Mac Expo in Lon...

Greenpeace get kicked out of Apple Mac Expo in London with the “green my apple” campaign.

Linked on 29th October 2006 Details

A ride engineer’s view on the slides at Tate Moder...

A ride engineer’s view on the slides at Tate Modern.

Linked on 7th November 2006 Details

Santa’s Ghetto has opened its doors in London. It ...

Santa’s Ghetto has opened its doors in London. It features amusements and the work of many artists, including the inevitable Banksy’s take on Michael Jackson.

Linked on 2nd December 2006 Details

Santa's Ghetto has opened its doors in London.

Santa's Ghetto has opened its doors in London. It features amusements and the work of many artists, including the inevitable Banksy's take on Michael Jackson.

Linked on 2nd December 2006 Details

TNT will be using electric trucks for deliveries w...

TNT will be using electric trucks for deliveries within London. Electric vehicles are exempt from the congestion charge, which goes to show it can do more than just reduce traffic, it can influence practices.

Linked on 24th December 2006 Details

I love Anthony Burrill’s public safety posters for...

I love Anthony Burrill’s public safety posters for the London Underground.

Linked on 9th January 2007 Details

Here’s an editorial you have little chance of seei...

Here’s an editorial you have little chance of seeing in a Belgian paper: Pedal Power

Linked on 24th February 2007 Details

No drugs, no alcohol, no bikes......

No drugs, no alcohol, no bikes...

Linked on 4th March 2007 Details

The great Banksy robbery....

The great Banksy robbery.

Linked on 10th March 2007 Details

If you’re anywhere near the Tate Modern in London ...

If you’re anywhere near the Tate Modern in London between now and the end of August, Global Cities looks like an interesting exhibition to explore.

Linked on 23rd June 2007 Details

Tube ticket redesign

Some great ideas in the tube ticket redesign competition at The Serif. I particularly like the one below.

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Posted on 8th July 2007 Details

Electric buses were already on trial at the beginn...

Electric buses were already on trial at the beginning of last century in London.

Linked on 16th July 2007 Details

Kensington high-street in London was stripped of g...

Kensington high-street in London was stripped of guard rails, white lines and signposts, and the number of accidents dropped by 44% as people became more aware of each other’s presence.

Linked on 27th July 2007 Details

Watching a London tower block get dismantled from ...

Watching a London tower block get dismantled from the bottom up.

Linked on 8th August 2007 Details

Interesting-looking London-based exhibition concer...

Interesting-looking London-based exhibition concerning the modernist architectural heritage of the Eritrean capital, Asmara.

Linked on 13th August 2007 Details

“There is simply no other measure as effective in ...

“There is simply no other measure as effective in quickly reducing traffic as congestion charging.”

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Posted on 22nd August 2007 Details

Great interview with Burial who, incidentally, has...

Great interview with Burial who, incidentally, has made my top album of 2007.

Linked on 1st December 2007 Details

Return of underground rave culture.

Return of underground rave culture is fuelled by the recession and Facebook

Linked on 9th November 2010 Details

I was there when acid house hit london.

I was there when acid house hit london and this is how it felt

Linked on 21st June 2011 Details

Passenger warning

I spent a couple of days in London last week. While on a tube journey, this lovely little stealth intervention on a carriage wall caught my eye.

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Posted on 18th November 2016 Details

Death by consumerism

Photo taken Just off the shopping shrine that is Regent Street in London.

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Posted on 25th November 2017 Details
Tower of babel Tower of babel
Added on 7th December 2017 Details

The hidden history of London’s railings

Fascinating. And makes you wonder how many other historical artifacts are recycled in plain sight

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Posted on 12th December 2017 Details
Visiting Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs Visiting Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
Added on 12th April 2018 Details
Disused Aldwych Station Disused Aldwych Station
Added on 25th June 2019 Details

Uncomfortable Art Tours.

Art historian Alice Procter is on a mission to decolonise museums and galleries with her "Uncomfortable Art Tours". Interesting approach. I'd love to go on one of her tours if we can ever travel to the UK again. The British Museum is pretty much a giant fencing operation when you think about it.

Linked on 24th May 2020 Details

Knightrider court, London. But better.

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An amusing 80s TV show intervention on the Knightrider Court sign in London.

Added on Jan 29, 2023 Details