![The second date on my tour with the Monochrome Set saw the band descending on an excessively chilly Leipzig, the largest city in Saxony and Germany’s tenth most populous city, […]](http://web.archive.org./web/20170328070331im_/http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/leipzig-photos-01-620x300.jpg "Leipzig photos: Trams, steam locomotive, old rocker, posters and graffiti")
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Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification
I enjoyed a week in Berlin back in 2014, and it was great to get the chance to revisit the city recently. Sadly, it was something of a flying visit, as […]
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Brussels to Utrecht: Tintin, band stickers, a strap on buffet and the mysterious face in the window
Here’s a selection of photos taken during a recent train journey from Brussels to Utrecht at the start of my December tour with the Monochrome Set.
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In praise of the 1970s obscure: Press cuttings for Jackson Heights, Lee Jackson and Refugee
Even by my standards this is pretty niche stuff, but I thought it might be of interest to one or two people out there. When I was a kid, I […]
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Slow-moving, compelling cinematic visions with Amie Siegel: Strata at the South London Gallery
Currently on show until the 26th March 2017 in Camberwell’s South London Gallery is some compelling work by New York-based artist Amie Siegel.
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Relax to the chilly ambient sounds of a frozen icebreaker in the Arctic
If you’re desperate for a bit of relaxation, meditation, study and sleep, perhaps this ten hour treat of Arctic ambience might be the ticket. Pull the bedclothes up tight and […]
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Some people really want to believe: Conspiracy Week at the Photographer’s Gallery, London
As part of #ConspiracyWeek, London’s Photography Gallery is hosting a series of events until the 19th February 2017, exploring the increasing confusion between fact and fiction in a post-truth world.
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Braintree: a look at deepest, dullest suburbia in Essex where modernism unexpectedly lurks
Suburbia has always filed me with fear: growing up in north Cardiff I used to dread the silence and monotony of suburban Sundays, where every shop was closed and the […]
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Putney at night: river views, Putney Bridge, the Half Moon and street views
Posted on Thursday, Feb 2, 2017 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of night-time views of Putney in south London, taken on a chilly Friday night at the end of January. -
Boomtown releases first trailer for the 2017 festival
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 1, 2017 | No CommentsThe organisers of the fabulous Boomtown festival have released their first video previewing this year’s festival, described as ‘Chapter 9: ‘Behind the Mask.’ -
![Reminiscent of the some of the best old pubs in Brixton before gentrification struck, the Star & Garter is a wonderful community pub in the multi-cultural area of St Pauls in […]](http://web.archive.org./web/20170328070331im_/http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bristol-star-and-garter-01-115x115.jpg "A night of reggae at the Star & Garter, St Pauls, Bristol – in photos")
A night of reggae at the Star & Garter, St Pauls, Bristol – in photos
Posted on Monday, Jan 30, 2017 | No CommentsReminiscent of the some of the best old pubs in Brixton before gentrification struck, the Star & Garter is a wonderful community pub in the multi-cultural area of St Pauls in […]
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