Archive for the 'London' Category



100 Portraits of Londoners

16Jul06

We got bored of taking the same old photos so Eamon and I went out to take one hundred portraits of Londoners (flickr set|alt. slideshow) in a single summer’s afternoon. Figuring that people can be lured into doing anything for sweets, we set up on Brick Lane with a big box of jellies, a sign [...]

Best of London: Square Pie

17Jun06

There’s a few places around town that I really get excited about eating or drinking at. For me, they represent something particularly tasty or different and are sufficiently good to keep me visiting over and over again. I have been meaning to write about two of them for ages: Square Pie and the Monmouth Coffee [...]

David Icke’s conspiracies

11May06

I remember the furore surrounding David Icke when he first came out as a “bit different”. In 1991, after a career in football and as a sports commentator on the BBC, Icke was interviewed on Terry Wogan’s chat show and later quoted as saying that he was the “Son of God”. Although his meaning was [...]

Oxford Street Preacher is Sinner, Not Winner

03May06

The BBC are reporting that the Oxford Street preacher, Philip Howard, aka “Sinner or Winner man” is being attacked by Westminster Council who have applied for an ASBO against him for his megaphone-enhanced preaching on Oxford Circus. Apparently he’s been the source of some complaints from members of the public for his fairly tame rhetoric [...]

“But I don’t even like Jazz”: Soil and “Pimp” Sessions in Camden

24Apr06

On a bit of a gig-a-thon at the moment. Having spent most of Sunday dashing round a desperately soggy London dodging marathon runners trying to find good photos to take amidst the awful weather, I met up with a nice bunch of people to go and see Soil & Pimp Sessions at the Jazz Cafe [...]

Afrirampo live in London

21Apr06

A few of us went to see Afrirampo at Cargo last week. I talked about them before on LJ; they’re a rocking noisy thrashy punky pair from Japan: Oni and Pika. The gig was fantastic and the two of them have a really childish fun vibe. I had a hunt through YouTube for some video [...]