Category Archives: Photo-Blog

Impromptu photos I’ve taken, usually with my mobile phone

Ev-eon

Posted on 1 April 2008 by Robert

I’m enjoying this idea for saving the planet while still burning tons of coal: By capturing the CO2 before it is released into the atmosphere and piping it through natural spring water from Kent’s Kingsnorth hills, we are able to … Continue reading →

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Megastar

Posted on 20 February 2008 by Robert

This is the photo of the back of the head of someone taking a photo of the back of the head of someone taking a photo of the back of the head of someone taking a photo of the back … Continue reading →

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BNP are shit

Posted on 24 January 2008 by Robert

BNP supporters have taken to scrawling the party’s website onto toilet walls, presumably as part of some guerilla-marketing strategy. It has the odd effect of making me think of the BNP every time I take a dump. Surely, the need … Continue reading →

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Bare Underground

Posted on 18 January 2008 by Robert

Several stations seem to be undergoing some kind of redecoration, which neccessitates the removal of all the adverts.  The lack of colour gives the caverns an odd feel.  I like to think it harks back to an earlier, more innocent … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Photo-Blog | 1 Comment

The ftr of Bus Travel?

Posted on 7 January 2008 by Robert

Satellite tracking, a space-ship like interior, room for three buggies or wheel-chairs, and (both the cherry and icing on the cake) a conductress who gives you change for your ticket. What’s not to love? Continue reading →

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Commons Cairn

Posted on 17 October 2007 by Robert

Visitors to the Houses of Parliament each get a sticker to wear once they have passed through security. Down at the exit (by Westminster Hall) is some piece of signage, onto which the visitors plaster their redundant stickers. It is The People’s Cairn, tolling the number of people who have come to see our representatives at work. Continue reading →

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Hubris

Posted on 16 October 2007 by Robert

I was in the Royal College of Surgeons for a conference the other day, and wandered past this vast canvas. It is one of a number of paintings hanging around the place, depicting various committees and groups of Fellows of … Continue reading →

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London Cabbie

Posted on 27 September 2007 by Robert

I spotted this gentleman at Trafalgar Square, reading the Evening Standard, while he waited for a set of traffic lights to turn green. I wonder if he reads the paper at every junction, or whether he knows which lights have … Continue reading →

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Brown on Blue

Posted on 26 September 2007 by Robert

Anyone with the most basic CGI software can take an excellent ‘key’ from that blue, and will be able to add Gordon to any number of amusing or satirical locations – the most obvious being the Tory party conference. Continue reading →

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Chinese Reincarnation

Posted on 2 September 2007 by Robert

This caption, from BBC News early on Saturday morning, caught my eye: China Buddhism New Regulations on Reincarnation There is plenty of debate in the UK (and in Europe) about the parameters of political discourse, and the role played by … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, China, Photo-Blog, Religion | 3 Comments