Tag: London

Dec 19

Fire Records Heaven on Fire at Studio 9295

In Decem­ber 2019 I attend­ed the Fire Records Christ­mas gig at Stu­dio 9295 in Hack­ney. It’s the sort of event I’d like to see more of: a selec­tion of artists with 40-ish minute sets, and all in a relaxed and friend­ly atmos­phere. So how for­tu­itous it was to dis­cov­er that the label were dish­ing up…

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Big Snowball by Shirley Baker
Jun 15

Invitation to Shirley Baker exhibition

The print exhi­bi­tion is at The Pho­tog­ra­phers’ Gallery in Lon­don and starts on Thurs­day 21st June. It runs until the 28th July, with a selec­tion of prints on show, all avail­able to buy.

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Accumul8 exhib 02
Jul 18

Moving Forward: photo exhibition by homeless young people

The pri­vate view of Mov­ing For­ward pho­tog­ra­phy exhi­bi­tion took place on Thurs­day 14th July at the glam­orous offices of The Guardian in Kings Cross, on a rare sun­ny evening with sun flood­ing into the space. Mov­ing For­ward fea­tures beau­ti­ful pho­tographs by a group of young stu­dents who have been tak­ing cre­ative work­shops at Ravens­bourne Col­lege, but what makes this exhi­bi­tion all the more…

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Feb 29

Pitt Cue at Devonshire Square

In order to eat at the for­mer site of Pitt Cue restau­rant just off Carn­a­by Street, din­ers had to queue in the street, some­times for hours. The reward was a cov­et­ed place down­stairs in the 5‑table poky cel­lar space, or perched at the cosy bar upstairs. The rea­son peo­ple were pre­pared to wait was due…

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Stevie Nicks sings at the O2
Sep 29

Review: Fleetwood Mac joined by Christine McVie 02 Arena, final night

One of my ear­li­est music mem­o­ries is Peter Green singing Need Your Love so Bad, and his own com­po­si­tion Green Man­al­ishi (with the two prong crown), which to my pre-teen brain sound­ed bewil­der­ing­ly mys­ti­cal. Strange to now see Fleet­wood Mac, in their present form, live in 2013, over 30 years lat­er. Mick Fleet­wood and John McVie com­mand the…

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