The government is again thinking up ways to fine us for littering the pavements. This shouldn’t really affect the majority of us who know it’s wrong to just throw our unwanted packaging on the floor as we walk along the street, but there are idiots …
With the Christmas party season upon us, the streets will be littered with vile drunken bodies and pavement pizzas. The transport network is vital at this time of year for helping us all get home safe, so here’s a photographic celebration of some transport minutiae. …
As you exit Holloway Road tube station in the evenings you will see that a lovely green and blue light effect has been installed under the railway bridge to the left. A similar effect has been created in Finsbury Park under the bridge at the …
The weather has been rubbish lately. What has happened to our Summer? July was almost a wash out. Now it’s all muggy and uncomfortable. But it looks like the sun may be finally peeping through the clouds. Bring me sunshine. Previous Urban Sightseeing posts You …
Today marks a whole two years since the smoking ban was introduced here. Despite the initial protestations and subversive acts of defiance it has become normal to ‘pop outside for a fag’. And there are some benefits related to smoking; smokers get more exercise than …
23rd April is Shakespeare’s official birthday, and bizarrely also the date he died. Very strange. He shares his birthday with other great luminaries such as Roy Orbison, Shirley Temple, Lee Major and Michael Moore. It’s also the accepted date for the death of Saint George …
It has just been announced that many flights from UK airports have been cut. There are now 21 fewer destinations available and many internal flights have also been slashed or cancelled. Add this to the problem of our British Pound struggling to compete against foreign …
Every cloud has a silver lining, but occasionally that lining is gold. Pawnbrokers report a considerable upturn in trade, brought on by the lack of loans being offered by banks, and the continuing strong price of gold. Many of the high street pawnbrokers—such as Cash …
So sang Bryan. And if that’s the case then nobody out with their loved one on Valentine’s Day will be needing their local chemist for anything more than a morning after pill and some paracetamol. Or perhaps something like Diocalm might be required after a …
Inspired by the imminent demolition of the Astoria in Charing Cross Road, these photos are examples London’s forgotten cinemas; picture houses that are still standing but no longer screening. There are plenty of others, not included here, such as The Scala in Kings Cross, the …
Fashion changes over the years; nowadays faster then ever. So it’s great to find old shops and signs for companies that have long since folded, or advertisements for items of clothes that we can now only find in second-hand or vintage shops. Can you remember …
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