Tag Archive: street art

Postcards from LS1

I went on a walk around Leeds today, there are a surprising number of paths you can take into, out of and around the city. I was mainly around the waterfront. Here are… Continue reading

Postcards from E8 and beyond

Yesterday I was roaming the Hackney Road area looking for ghost signs but, regardless of my mission, I’m such a tireless photographer I have to snap anything else of interest along the way.… Continue reading

Postcards from Fitzrovia

Yesterday I traipsed round Fitzrovia in the rain for a writing project I’m working on. I used to live just north of the area on Hampstead Road but barely explored it as I… Continue reading

Postcards From Berlin

Last weekend I went away for a weekend to Berlin. I’ve been there before, but was surprised at how many more vibrant, offbeat and deliciously unique surprises the city had in store for… Continue reading

The Olympics 2012 in Street Art

Today I had the privilege of taking some of my students to the Paralympic games. It was truly inspiring and in many ways overwhelming, but the street artists of Shoreditch and Old Street,… Continue reading

My Notes on Berlin

As a city Berlin, particularly former East Berlin, is a slate wiped clean. It’s difficult to believe that beneath its smooth, reconstructed surface there is a rather raw and recent history of subjection,… Continue reading