I’ve been a fan of ‘Smoke – A London Peculiar’ for a long time. It was a fanzine for London if you will – in a small A5 format,  it used to drop on the mat in a little brown envelope every few months on a slightly haphazard basis, and was filled with London-based fiction, […]

Last night I attended the launch of the new ‘Visit Stratford‘ app at Stratford Circus, the modern performance venue next to the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Development of the ‘Visit Stratford’ app was funded by Stratford Renaissance Partnership, the London Borough of Newham and London & Partners (who are the official promotional organisation for London – […]

I’ve made an astonishing discovery today – the London Sound Survey website. This site gathers together all kinds of sounds heard on the streets of London, both natural and man-made, from the earliest days of sound recording all the way up to the present. Sound files are organised by category, and you can also search […]