Category Archives: London

Two Missing Posters

Posted on 15 July 2009 by Robert

Two variations on a theme. First, a bizarre missing poster from the streets of Islington… Continue reading →

Posted in London, Photo-Blog, Visual | 1 Comment

Storm Brewing

Posted on 18 May 2009 by Robert

A man of about thirty moves slowly through the crowd. He has a grubby brown jacket and a bad back, both of which accounts for the angry expression on his face. He is hungry and slightly dazed from some painkillers, which accounts for the punch-drunk gait. Continue reading →

Posted in Liberal Conspiracy, London, Politics | 3 Comments

Exmouth Market, Hub

Posted on 23 April 2009 by Robert

Hundreds of wi-fi networks. Continue reading →

Posted in Diary, Internet Philosophy, London | 13 Comments

Police, Camera, Action

Posted on 22 April 2009 by Robert

David at Minority Report offers some words of warning, regarding the slow trickle of citizen generated footage of alleged brutality at the G20 protests earlier this month: Reconstructing events by using any number of restricted viewpoints is no replacement for … Continue reading →

Posted in Law and Order, Liberal Conspiracy, London | 7 Comments

Northern Line Lovers

Posted on 2 April 2009 by Robert

We inhale each other, all the way to Old Street. It is a moment of sincerity, a moment of unfettered trust between two people. An abrupt and unexpected moment of true love. Continue reading →

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Spheres of Influence

Posted on 1 April 2009 by Robert

I just had a meeting at the Inn the Park restaurant in St James Park. Its not too far from Downing Street, or Buckingham Palace, two places between which President Obama has been travelling. Its funny that he and Mrs … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary, London | 1 Comment

Embarrass Yourself For Money

Posted on 29 March 2009 by Robert

This fine gentleman is providing us with an embarrassing story from his life, for every £100 he gets in sponsorship for running the marathon next month. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F29%2Fembarrass-yourself-for-money%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Embarrass+Yourself+For+Money’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Mobius Tube

Posted on 21 March 2009 by Robert

The Northern Line switches from right-hand to left-hand lanes, halfway through. How is this physically possible? Continue reading →

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Snowhenge

Posted on 4 February 2009 by Robert

Free from the humdrum of work for a day, how interesting that we suddenly come over all pre-historic, and construct a set of monoliths, our very own snowhenge. Continue reading →

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Fifty One Years Ago Today…

Posted on 4 December 2008 by Robert

I took this photo a couple of days ago: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2008%2F12%2F04%2Ffifty-one-years-ago-today%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Fifty+One+Years+Ago+Today%26%238230%3B’; addthis_pub = ”;

Posted in Diary, History, London | 1 Comment