The complete alternative London “Knowledge”
Regular readers may remember the first parts of the “London Knowledge” that I posted a while ago. Having managed the previous “tips”, I squeezed out a further batch to make the century so here’s the final and complete collection. Read and learn (or at least nod with recognition…) You can tell a long-term Billingham bag [...]
The alternative London “Knowledge” v4.0
There is no real need to take a camera, especially your Leica, to Focus. When cleaning your lens with a cloth, it will invariably be the final wipe when the cloth slips and you smear a dorito-grease covered finger across the front element. The World Press Awards must be something to do with the Corby [...]
See Bre Free
Kilometres! The measurement of choice for the MTV generation! Gasp as the units fly past! Laugh as the satnav talks in metres for once rather than “yards”! (I mean, WHO knows how far a yard is?) Feel all tough like Kris Kristofferson in “Convoy” as what was only a quite short journey feels like a [...]
Ban Ki-moon is coming to town..
In late April 2008, I got the chance to travel around West Africa with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. Visiting Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, the trip was a chance for “Spanky” and his wife to check out the work being done in some of the previously-unstable countries in the [...]
