London Month – Speakers Corner....

First off, you may have noticed the site has changed it’s name, this is for my next adventure – The Random Way Home. If you would like more info, please click on the Tab on the Menu bar. You can still find this site on therandom.co.uk. We’re not going anywhere fast. Now let’s get back to the programme. One place that has fascinated me for years is a little corner of London’s Hyde Park. Speakers Corner is situated on the north eastern side of the park, up near Marble Arch. It is a place intended for open air public speaking, debate and...

London Month – Part 2 – Prot...

London has been a great battleground over the years for all kinds of protests and marches. Poll tax, student fees, CND & anti war, West Bank. Mainly peaceful but always passionate about their cause being heard. These gatherings  have always fascinated me, and how it takes one single moment or person to turn a mainly peaceful and carnival atmosphere  into arrests, violence and criminal damage. I have been lucky enough to ‘join in’ on a fair few in my photographing life, whether I stumbled upon them accidentally as I wonder the streets or making a point of...

Movement of the City....

After eleven years I shall be packing my bags and moving out of London. Why? Well, my job in the television industry has come to an end (For now). So it’s time to try something new and in a completely different direction. I shall reveal my plans in the next few months, but for now and for the next few posts I will be celebrating different aspects of why London is one of the greatest places to live in the world. This won’t be the last time I live in this buzzing metropolis, I can guaranty that. But for now I give you London, through the eyes of The Random. Part...

The Revolution will not be Motorized...

I’ve fallen in love, I’ve fallen in love with the bike culture in London. A couple of years ago my weight wasn’t the only thing shooting up in London. Thanks to TFL for hiking the price up to ridiculous level for public transport, it was becoming a costly commute to work. I’ve never really enjoyed the gym and I really needed to crawl myself out of debt once and for all. So I decided to take the plunge and take up riding a bike. And it’s one of the bests things that could of happen to me. These days, riding a bike feels a big part of my life,...