Wording From Wapping
Today, whilst completing the final photography for my next book on Ghost Signs, I stumbled across a lot of type in Wapping – mostly the labelling of Wharves. Is the above a play… Continue reading
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Signs Around London
I spend a lot of time looking for ghost signs for my next book and just to catalogue them generally. Often though, I stumble across a lot of other interesting signage, here are… Continue reading
Life on Brick Lane
Brick Lane is one of London’s most famous streets and given the way that life and culture thrives there this is hardly surprising. Street artists, beggars, vintage warehouses and sales, street writers, curry… Continue reading
Postcards from Peckham
Whilst on the hunt for Ghost Signs for my next book today I took some postcard snaps of the Peckham area. I’m very much into black and white photography at the minute, it lends… Continue reading
Postcards from the Tees Transporter
I have written at length about the Tees Transporter Bridge in previous blog posts, but am always eager to publish new photos and perspectives of my favourite river crossing. Below are some photos… Continue reading
It’s A Puppet!
Today I attended a special event at The Cinema Museum in Kennington. Named, appropriately, ‘A Bag Full of Puppets’, the event featured puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew (best known for working with Zippy on… Continue reading
Mind Mapping Fitzrovia
Inspired largely by the works seen in Mapping Manhattan, I recently decided to map the area I lived in when I first came to London: Fitzrovia. It’s my first attempt at cartography, which… Continue reading
Book Review: Mapping Manhattan
There are thousands of books about New York, hundreds of which address the post-9/11 cityscape, but this volume captures something that is out of reach for the average guide book or travelogue: the… Continue reading
Postcards from N10
Today I went on a psychogeographical walk around East Finchley and Muswell Hill. Here are a few snaps, starting with the sculpture of an archer at East Finchley tube station. He did have… Continue reading
Going Loco
Dad has been the owner of a Model Railway Shop in Harrogate for 20 years now (visit his website here) and has started a railway layout.