Barber shops. I’ve seen a few. Most of them can be summed up thusly: Rustic, lads mags, lollies. So it’s thrilling to see a trend emerging for the tidy, product-savvy, retro-vibey barbers. Or, in shorthand, hipster barbers. The obvious place to start this trend or travesty discussion? East London, of course. Here’s Barry the Barber […]
I lived in Peckham for years, and I loved it. Having no car, I walked frequently past a set of alms houses on the way to get angry in B&Q. The houses seemed to be occupied, but in the centre of the gardens was a big derelict chapel which I always wondered about. Now, thanks […]
Are you one? I know I am. A trend as sweeping as the one where teenaged boys are addicted to online porn (side note: Weren’t teenaged boys always addicted to porn?), this is pretty kinky and involves heavy machinery. Fetch your hardhat, I’m talking about our growing fascination with the factory work photo. Currently the […]
Woah. I’ve just stumbled upon the work of textiles artist Maryrose Watson and had one of those in-the-gut ‘I love that’ moments. A scoot around her website reveals that the London-and-Norfolk based artist works off loom, warping and wefting hand-dyed yarns around frames to create her individual pieces. I’m using phrases like ‘warping’, ‘wefting’ and […]
No, I don’t mean that special shade of pink. I’m talking about naked people nudes. We mentioned this phenomenon briefly over on Facebook, but felt it might be worth further investigation. In short, there are tons of folk in their birthday suits – in the scud, naked as cherubs – in adverts in the homes […]