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
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Reeves & Sons Mosaic Signs, Dalston
Although my next book is on hand-painted signs around London, I often come across some beautiful mosaic and tile signage on my travels. This one, just across the road from Dalston Junction station, is a… Continue reading
Issue 8 of New Empress Magazine – A Sneak Peek Inside
Issue 8 of New Empress Magazine is now out to readers and subscribers and it’s undoubtedly our best issue to-date. It is the Ghost of Movie’s Past issue and thus contains elements of cinema… Continue reading
Ghost Signs of Leeds
I had a couple of hours in Leeds the other week and found this ghost sign on the end of a row of houses I used to live on. Little did I know… 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
My Next Book: Fading Ads of London
After the success of my first non-fiction book: True Love is Like the Loch Ness Monster, I decided that for my next project I wanted a different challenge. As many of you know… Continue reading
Much Ado About Nothing?
Last Tuesday I attended a conference about love in literature and, naturally enough, a whole section of the seminar was devoted to the works of Shakespeare. Director, actor and lecturer Nick Hutchison presented… Continue reading
The Tees Transporter in Poetry
In case you haven’t noticed, I have a somewhat curious obsession with bridges, particularly bridges on the Tees. After writing an article about a trip up one of the best-known bridges of the… Continue reading
Barnes Bridge
As it was my birthday last Sunday I could legitimately drag Manfriend out to a bridge to take photographs, I pitched the excursion as a ‘special treat’. Not wanting to go too far… Continue reading
Unleashed: Issue 7 of New Empress Magazine
As I’m the world’s worst at self-promotion, my blog readers may have missed the fact that I edit and produce a quarterly film magazine (going bi-monthly in 2013) called New Empress Magazine. Above… Continue reading