East London from the air

John Deakin and the Lure of Soho

An interview with Robin Muir, exhibition curator of Under the Influence: John Deakin and the Lure of Soho
from The Photographers' Gallery on Vimeo.

Record Store Day

Hipsters gather at ‘Sounds of the Universe’ in Soho to celebrate Record Store Day. Great to be flicking through vinyl once again and to hear some prime reggae selections played as they were intended. Loud and alfresco. 

 

Edwyn Collins on the Berwick Street stage. Good to see him performing after such a debilitating illness. 

Edwyn in his prime;

Record Store Day - 19th April 2014

Battersea Power Station: third phase of designs unveiled

London Bus Stop

Ian Fleming

16 Victoria Square is where Ian Fleming lived from March 1953. It’s here, just a few hundred yards from Buckingham Palace,  that the great man wrote the Bond series, between drinking Martinis and smoking cigarettes. 

Dukes Hotel in Mayfair is where Fleming first heard the line “shaken not stirred”. Legend has it that both Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan celebrated landing the Bond role at the bar of the Dukes Hotel.