"The Girl Chewing Gum" by John Smith is currently free to view online. It's to mark the 40th anniversary, so not how long it's available for, but an opportunity to see or re-see a most excellent thing.
https://lux.org.uk/work/the-girl-chewing-gum

it would just be too cheesy to title this post Sound And Vision, right?

( it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor, and I thought of ma and I wanted to go back there )

this is pretty cool: http://player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/24/madame-jojos-legendary-soho-nightclub-forced-close

also - Soho - Just Another Day (BBC 1985)

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Bradley L Garrett has new book out: Subterranean London.
which reminds me, has anyone had a go at London Under by Ackroyd? I've read most of London, I've tried and failed to do the Thames one (not cos it was terrible, just through having other things that seemed more urgent to do/read). This one doesn't look as long.

The 5th Phoenix Garden ( Read more... )

Why the Sky and the Ocean Are Blue: The Color of Distance and Desire - thoughts on Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Maria Popova

Worn Stories: Playful and Poignant Tales of Clothes That Encode Life’s Most Meaningful Memories - extracts from Worn Stories by Emily Spivack (also by Maria Popova)

(more London things that have closed down)
I was looking at old entries and noticed a broken image link to Haunch of Venison gallery. I really liked the original namesake gallery in Haunch of Venison Yard with its beautiful once-domestic stair with a grand sweeping handrail between rooms with stripped floorboards. I remember seeing Thomas Joshua ( Read more... )

decent piece: http://www.howiechong.com/journal/2014/2/bike-helmets

this is pretty good:
http://wwiphotos.tumblr.com/

just came across this project. I haven't read all of it yet. I quite like it, design wise. it probably won't be life-changing, content wise, but I'm bookmarking it to read later anyway.
http://fortydaysofdating.com/