Category Archives: Events

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Hijacking peace for some flashmob fun

1 Apr Filed under Events, photography, United Kingdom. No comments.

Well, it started out like a flashmob, then got out of control as, once again, London went crazy during the ‘March for the Alternative’ anti-budget cuts demonstration. Any major retailer near Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus that was stupid enough not to board up their … Read More →

L to R: Paddy O'Connell, Adam Boulton, Warren Etheredge, and Razia Iqbal

Interview tips from industry experts

28 Feb Filed under Events, Journalism. No comments.

The Frontline Club held a ‘masterclass’ on the art of the interview last Tuesday, bringing together three big names in TV journalism to share their interviewing secrets, successes and follies. Cub reporter, freelancer or veteran journo, interviews are a bit of a pulse-raiser for almost … Read More →

Santacon flashmob

Swarming Santas take to London’s streets in annual Santacon flash mob

12 Dec Filed under Events, photography, United Kingdom. No comments.

Something just for fun: I coincidentally stumbled upon this group of festive partiers today while walking towards St Paul’s Cathedral. Apparently this is an annual “Santacon” Christmas-themed flash mob that takes place in London every second Saturday of December. After weeks of angry demonstrations, it … Read More →

Perfume promoting the benefits of spraying water on concrete

Uchimizu for the Akiba crowd

23 Aug Filed under Events, Food, Japan. No comments.

The practice of uchimizu is, these days, not quite as aesthetically important as Wikipedia makes it out to be, but is still a surprisingly prominent part of Japanese culture. Originally done with wooden buckets and ladles  to keep down the dust on ancient Yamato streets, … Read More →

Clean-up

Performance art

6 May Filed under Events, photography, random. No comments.

No, I don’t really get it either.