Spitalfields/ Sunday Up market
located In the East End of London between the vintage shops, galleries, pubs and graffiti of trendy Shoreditch and the nearby the spic and span outlets of Liverpool Street, Spitalfields market is a great place to pick up antiques and collectables of all kinds while Sunday Up Market nearby, close to Brick Lane, offers wonderful food amongst a regular clothing bonanza.
Camden Market
Camden market, located in the infamous center for alternative culture in North London, Camden market is a regular pilgrimage for many an English youngster. There’s a vast selection of things you can pick up here, but it’s particularly good for clothes, jewellery and collector’s items.
sixty pictures from the London Eye
We had an amazing time, thanks to Craig our wonderful host for the trip. I almost didn’t make it to the Eye but I am so happy that I did, highly recomend it to everyone.
London A to Zed
A typographic survey of London. I said I’d do it in some form or another and here it is! Plenty of choice - do I choose a classic Picadilly P or utilise the rad P spray painted by the skaters at South Bank? Which flashing Ritz letter is most worthy? Banksy or anonymous sticker slapper? [...]
Shoreditch
By day Shoreditch is a pleasant wee area, with interesting lanes, street art, cafes and a rad bookstore (Artwords). By night it is another beast all together. The streets fill up, becoming pumping conduits of people having a marvelous time at a million tiny clubs.
One of these is Jaguar Shoes. In a former life DreamBagsJaguarShoes [...]
“There shall be but one mistress here, and no master.”
What is a country without her people? The National Portrait Gallery may sound like a snore, but its a truely wonderful gallery, a memorial to all the lives who have wandered through Britain, and made her what she is.
On the black market
For as long as I have been a drum and bass DJ I have wanted to visit Black Market records in Soho. It is probably the most famous drum and bass record store in the world, in the spiritual home of bass heavy sounds.
On the Wall
This has been a trip of visual firsts - my first beautiful Blake prints at Tate Liverpool, the first much lauded Picasso, a few cheeky Warhols and my favourite to date - a piece by modern Brit icon Mr. Banksy.
We found it off Oxford St; the ‘discovery’ felt pretty excellent, tucked in behind a [...]
Beer and Herstory
There is so much to do in London, that it can be overwhelming. Sometimes just following your nose is all you need to do. We started in Spitalfields and ended in Soho, on a journey involving local pubs, a small Mexican bar, a tired sad hipster joint, someone’s house, and a downstairs club.
#15 Live Comedy
Last night Peter and I had the pleasure of checking out some proper English comedy at the Laughing Boy Comedy Club at The Oxford in Kentish Town.
Upstairs at the Oxford is a intimate lounge like environment, complete with plush leather couches. It’s like having a few comedians over for a beer.
Last nights line up was [...]
Alternative shopping
Shopping in the UK is amazing. Cheap (even with the crazy crap exchange rate working against us), massive selection and friendly helpful staff in almost all stores. I am not going to bore you with the details of all the regular shopping though, suffice to say it is rad. Jump in for my summary of crazy shopping destinations in the UK..
Honey I’m Home
Over the last 24hrs I have I walked a couple of New Zealanders from Commercial St down Brick Lane, into Vibe bar for a quick half, to the Jewish Deli that is always open for a bagel (or baigel). To Liverpool St via Spitalfields market, a tube to Old St (for the sake of it) a [...]
#12 The chemical Brothers
The chemical brothers live at the roundhouse, video after the jump
Amazing UK
Amazing data visualisations of air traffic, and shipping in the UK from the BBC.
