Art Deco Tour, Bloomsbury
This afternoon I had the pleasure of taking Yanick Pucci’s Art Deco walking tour through Bloomsbury. The collage above illustrates just a few of the beautiful Art Deco details on display in the… Continue reading
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Reasons to Love Grease 2
Last night I went to see Cool Rider LIVE for the second time. It was a packed-out press performance and provided even more of the pantomime-esque antics that made me fall in love… Continue reading
Ghost Signs of London: The Walking Tour (Saturday 17th May)
To celebrate the launch of my book on Fading Ads of London I’m running a special walking tour event on Saturday 17th May. For the price of a pack of Black Cat Cigarettes you can… Continue reading
Faded Ads of London: Advance Copy Preview
My lovely publisher, The History Press, sent me an advance copy of my book this week. Working with them has been an incredibly positive experience; they clearly really care about the projects they… Continue reading
The Tees Transporter Bridge: Book Cover Unveiled
This is the front cover for my first book about bridges. The ridiculously talented Paul Newboult is responsible for the illustration and the design which blends the bridge’s iconic, modernist design with the… Continue reading
80 Years of the Tees Newport Bridge in Photos
It’s not a very big secret that I’m a bit of a fan of bridges, especially of those perched on the river Tees. Usually I can be found writing odes to, and books… Continue reading
In Interview: Gemma Seltzer on 5am London
A while ago on Twitter I stumbled across the work of Ms Gemma Seltzer who was involved with a project called 5am London. It was a year-long fictional photoblog that charted the city in the early… Continue reading
Inside The Lloyd’s Building
During Open House weekend I managed to make it inside The Lloyd’s Building. It had a range of different interiors but the lighting in the Adam Room – a Georgian interior – wasn’t… Continue reading
Inside Battersea Power Station
Open House weekend this year allowed me to fulfill a long standing dream of mine: to explore the inside of Battersea Power Station. I found the whole experience very moving; awe-inspiring architecture tends… Continue reading
Postcode Pinboards: EC1
I learnt from my SE1 pinboard that one pinboard per postcode wasn’t going to be enough. Consequently here are two for EC1 and this is still less than a tenth of the photos… Continue reading