The Camden Falcon Made Me The Woman I Am Today

Jan 022012

A heartbreaking tale of how going to see the 14 Iced Bears one night in 1986 left one woman completely unable to use public toilets for five years.

(NB this piece hasn’t actually been written yet, but, while we’re waiting, please feel free to be inspired to send us something of your own.)

Filed Under: Camden Falcon, Camden Town, Matt Haynes, Music, NIght Bus To Camden

Looking back through the clouds…

Is This What People Do?

by Matt Haynes
The lorries are starting to move now, rumbling across the deck of the James Newman and onto the ramps that shake and ring beneath their tyres. He is supposed to leave too, supposed to climb the yellow metal steps from the passenger deck to the red metal gates that always remind him of Meccano. There is an announcement over the tannoy, every time a ferry docks, forbidding passengers to remain on board. [read more...]

London’s Campest Statues No.10

by Matt Haynes
I think we can all tell by the way he uses his walk that Neptune is… well, a bit of an old tart, frankly, especially after a dose of Saturday Night Sea Fever has led him to try busting a few salty moves at the local Palais de Danse. Not for him, though, Travolta’s white suit and pointy collars – instead, just some kind of disco cape, the sort of thing you might toss on hastily should the doorbell ring as you were nakedly honing your hustle at home. [read more...]