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30 St Mary Axe from St Ethelburga\'s churchyard - click to enlarge
30 St Mary Axe from Tower 42 - click to enlarge
A Line Made By Walking Back From The Pub - click to enlarge
Apple Park, Greenwich High Road - click to enlarge
Bagpuss wonders what the point is - click to enlarge
Beer Pumps - click to enlarge
Brixton mainline station - click to enlarge
Cable car in rain, North Greenwich - click to enlarge
Cafe Rouge, Greenwich, in the rain - click to enlarge
Camden Palace (Koko) from Mornington Crescent station - click to enlarge
Centre of Maze, Crystal Palace Park - click to enlarge
Clarence Road, Hackney, City News - click to enlarge
Clarence Road, Hackney, Finger Licking Caribbean Takeaway - click to enlarge
Clarence Road, Hackney, Siva\'s Shop - click to enlarge
Crystal Palace Park Lake - click to enlarge
Crystal Palace, site of exhibition hall - click to enlarge
Dingwalls, Camden Lock, October 2012 - click to enlarge
Disused Shop, Greenwich High Road, near Deptford Bridge - click to enlarge
DLR train leaving Shadwell - click to enlarge
Dog Bin, Island Gardens, Isle of Dogs - click to enlarge
Empty taxi - click to enlarge
Erith Causeway - click to enlarge
Essex Edgelands: Rainbow over Tilbury, October 2012 - click to enlarge
Euston station - click to enlarge
Festival Pier - click to enlarge
Fish Sculpture, Erith - click to enlarge
Focus/unfocus - click to enlarge
Frankham House. Crossfields Estate, Deptford - click to enlarge
George Osborne at the Cutty Sark - click to enlarge
Graffiti, Churchyard Row, SE11 - click to enlarge
Graffiti, Parkland Walk, Stroud Green - click to enlarge
Green Bridge, Mile End Road - click to enlarge
Greenwich Foot Tunnel southern entrance - click to enlarge
Greenwich Park in fog, December 2013 - click to enlarge
Greenwich Park in fog, December 2013 - click to enlarge
Greenwich Park in fog, December 2013 - click to enlarge
Greenwich Park in fog, December 2013 - click to enlarge
Greenwich Park in fog, December 2013 - click to enlarge
Greenwich Park in fog, December 2013 - click to enlarge
Greenwich spinach - click to enlarge
H. Hirst & Sons, Lewisham High Street - click to enlarge
Ham & High billboard, Muswell Hill - click to enlarge
Heygate Estate from Elephant & Castle station - click to enlarge
Hidden Angel, Brompton Cemetery - click to enlarge
Hillfield Park, Muswell Hill - click to enlarge
Horse, Thamesmead - click to enlarge
Jubilee River Pageant, Bermondsey - click to enlarge
Lift lobby, Balfron Tower, Poplar - click to enlarge
London City Airport - click to enlarge
London City Airport, entrance from DLR - click to enlarge
London Overground, Muddy Floor - click to enlarge
Low Maynard Reservoir, Walthamstow - click to enlarge
Maze Escape Gate, Crystal Palace Park - click to enlarge
Millennium Dome in rain – click to enlarge
Mouth of the Effra, Vauxhall - click to enlarge
Muswell Hill Broadway - click to enlarge
Notting Hill Arts Club - click to enlarge
Old Canary Wharf Pier - click to enlarge
Old Canary Wharf Pier - click to enlarge
Old Canary Wharf Pier - click to enlarge
Old Swan Wharf, Battersea - click to enlarge
Olympic flags, Straightsmouth, Greenwich - click to enlarge
Olympic last-mile steward, Greenwich - click to enlarge
Olympic road closure sign, Little Heath, Charlton - click to enlarge
Our Ladye Star of the Sea, Crooms Hill, Greenwich - click to enlarge
Oxford Street - click to enlarge
Parking meter in Dagenham Brook, E10 - click to enlarge
Pembury Road, Hackney - click to enlarge
Penny-Farthing on Lee Navigation towpath - click to enlarge
Pigeons, Piccadilly Circus - click to enlarge
Plaque, Victoria Road, Surbiton - click to enlarge
Playground, Sayes Court Street, SE8 - click to enlarge
Porchester Hall, Bayswater - click to enlarge
Queenstown Road station - click to enlarge
Rainbow over Brisbane Road - click to enlarge
River Ravensbourne, Lewisham town centre (1) - click to enlarge
River Ravensbourne, Lewisham town centre (2) - click to enlarge
River Ravensbourne, Lewisham town centre (3) - click to enlarge
River Ravensbourne, Lewisham town centre (4) - click to enlarge
River Ravensbourne, Lewisham town centre (5) - click to enlarge
Rooftop pinnacle, Grays Inn Road - click to enlarge
Save Lewisham Hospital protest, Mountsfield Park, Catford - click to enlarge
Save Lewisham Hospital protest, Mountsfield Park, Catford - click to enlarge
Save Lewisham Hospital protest, Mountsfield Park, Catford - click to enlarge
Save Lewisham Hospital protest, Mountsfield Park, Catford - click to enlarge
Save Lewisham Hospital protest, Mountsfield Park, Catford - click to enlarge
Sculpture, London Fields - click to enlarge
Sign, Thamesmead - click to enlarge
South West Trains do not advise alighting at Queenstown Road station - click to enlarge
Spriggan, Crouch End station - click to enlarge
Statue of Yuri Gagarin, Greenwich - click to enlarge
Surbiton station - click to enlarge
Tabu Lounge, London Road, Croydon (formerly The Cartoon) - click to enlarge
Tate Modern from St Paul\'s - click to enlarge
Taximeter - click to enlarge
The Bugle Horn, Charlton - click to enlarge
The Bugle Horn, Charlton - click to enlarge
The Electric, formerly Brixton Ace - click to enlarge
The London Apprentice, Old Street - click to enlarge
The New Den from Stockholm Road - click to enlarge
The New Den from Zampa Road - click to enlarge
The Venue, New Cross - click to enlarge
The Venue, New Cross - click to enlarge
The Wheatsheaf, Rathbone Place, W1 - click to enlarge
Tooting Common - click to enlarge
Tree, Franks Park, Belvedere - click to enlarge
Turnstiles, East Stand Brisbane Road - click to enlarge
Wightman Road, Hornsey - click to enlarge
Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium - click to enlarge
Wood Wharf - click to enlarge
Wood Wharf, Greenwich - click to enlarge

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From the Slopes of Olympus to the Banks of the Lea

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Soho!

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Looking back through the clouds…


The Girl of Wolsey Road

by Jude Rogers
He found her on the railway line. Her hair was bright yellow, the colour that children paint sunlight, tied in thick bunches around her small, cold cheeks. She wore a blue shirt, as brilliant as a summer sky. In her left hand, she held a small bunch of daisies. [read more...]

The Leyton Roar

by Will Wiles
Someone is fighting a lonely war against noise on the Central Line. The shrill tone that announces that the doors are closing is too loud for them, or too high-pitched, or both. They scratch their complaint into the doors: Excessive Door Noise; Noisy Doors Cause Deafness; Too Loud. [read more...]

Proto-Punk

“He’s asked me to sing in a proto-punk band,” said the man in the suit on the phone in the sun on Piccadilly. “I don’t even know what that means.”

… and these are some of the photos we took:

30 St Mary Axe from Tower 42 - click to enlarge Beware of the Trees in Honor Oak Vauxhall Cross bus station
CLICK ANY WHITE-FRAMED PHOTO IN ANY POST TO SEE A LARGE VERSION

NEW BOOK PROJECTS (still open for submissions)

Click on covers for more info. Most recent posts are below.

Night Bus to Camden

  • Mascara in Sapphire
  • The Lucky Cat Watches
  • Lit by Fury
  • Let’s All Meet Up In The Year 2000
  • Poppers and Opal Fruits

Smoke on the Water

  • Perigee
  • Going Underground
  • Reservoir Geese
  • Battersea Baptism
  • Morning Tea with George

Please Do Not Touch The Walrus

  • Please Do Not Point At The Sun
  • Please Do Not Practise Any Form Of Golf
  • Please Do Not Climb On The Horse
  • Please Do Not Hang About Aimlessly
  • Please Do Not Use This Oyster Reader
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