I know, probably not as brutal as it sounds, but I will always think of Roberto Benigni in "Down By Law"
"Not enough room to swing a cat .. you k...
Citizen W @CitizenW
Brixton
Swinging the hammer at Scooploop, but am I worthy?
On my personal wall I am posting about random stuff I stumble upon, South London and sometimes tech.
I post a lot of photos and short videos, if that interests you, follow me.
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So much for the legend of "frictionless trade" ... He also calls for businesses to "get ready", which is a bit difficult considering that details o...
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See 1 Comment"Control the language, break reality" by Ian Dunt From the article: "Johnson also appears intent on banning the word 'Brexit' itself from governm...
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See 3 Comments"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", by the one and only Stanley Kubrick, lost the best Picture Oscar 1964 to "M...
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See 4 CommentsI visited Horniman Gardens in #Dulwich briefly last Sunday, including the "Horniman Sunken Gardens" and the small Farmers market. Includes a small ...
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See 6 CommentsKirk Douglas died yesterday age 103 (yes one-hundred-three), who was Spartacus long before it became cool to say "I am Spartacus").
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See 2 CommentsI'm always fascinated with how creative people get in weird environments. Two random pics from a Brixton pub toilet.
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See 1 CommentSome pictures from what remains of Croydon Canal in Betts Park south-east of Crystal Palace Park.
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See 5 CommentsThe canal opened in 1809 and originally connected #Croydon and the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross. It was 9.25 miles long. However, the canal was ...
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See 2 CommentsSome pictures I took at #Camberwell Old Cemetery last weekend.
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See 1 CommentAll shops under the #brixton railway station are now closed while the arches in Electric Lane await refurbishment and will be mostly replaced by ne...
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Some footage from #Brixton Village, which has change massively over the last years, mainly with more restaurants and shops mainly targeting tourist...
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Some raw-ish footage from around #Brixton #StreetMarket and the "older" part of the Brixton Arcades (which is slowly changing now).
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See 7 CommentsI am still fascinated with how the Victorians saw the dinosaurs, so I keep coming back to the dinosaurs. Here a little video (with music) from Crys...
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See 1 CommentFinally made it to Crystal Palace Museum. It's quite small and only open a few hours a week (Sundays), but if you are visiting Crystal Palace Park ...
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South London Friends Of Europe #FBPE Tusk: EU would be enthusiastic if Scotland applied to rejoin (Edited)Posting that mainly because I have the feeling some EU politicians are now, after Brexit Day, seem to want to make a point that there are lots of i...
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Wanted to make pictures of those for a long time. Most of the places in the arches below the station are now closed down (as the area is refurbishe...
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See 2 CommentsCertainly up at the top the category of "most complex movies ever made", certainly needs re-watching several times to understand (or you can cheat ...
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A little listening tip for people who want to stay tuned on Brexit/EU matters: Self-description: "REMAINIACS is the no-bullshit Brexit podcast for...
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Video from last night at The Junction https://www.scooploop.com/thread/jazz-at-the-junction
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See 9 Comments#jazz at "The Junction", Coldharbour Lane, 29th January 2020. Lighting a bit fuzzy so comes across rather low-res.
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Urban Art Fair, which is held in #Brixton every summer and has non-profit status, was told by #Lambeth council it needed to shell out £8,000 to hol...
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For both my latest video and the Scooptube Group https://www.scooploop.com/thread/walworth-road-blues
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See 9 CommentsFilmed on the bus home through Walworth Road, London, between Elephant & Castle and Camberwell. Edited as a hommage to John Lurie's and Tome Waits....
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See 3 CommentsJim Jarmusch's movie from 1986, with Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni as the main cast. Another movie for the "best of all times" category an...
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Scooploop Bags are back (Edited)See 3 CommentsA new edition of the Scooploop bags, if you want one for yourself or a friend, message me on scooploop.
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See 2 CommentsSome light installation on Southwark Street, Borough, not sure what the exact idea is. Pretty bright though, I hope the buildings across the road a...
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See 3 CommentsCambria Road railway bridge in Loughborough Junction, dedicated to the "Cambrian Explosion", filmed in the evening (hence the slightly spooky light...
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Brixton Market landlord Hondo Enterprises has served Nour Cash and Carry with a section 25 notice, with the community pillar and legendary market s...
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So what do non-Brexiters do on Friday night? Here is a first list of ideas, though I might just get drunk with some German Whisky. https://scramnew...
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See 2 CommentsThere has been a lot of chat about 1917 being filmed as one "continuous shot", but Hitchcock's Rope has done something similar more than half a cen...
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See 9 CommentsI though I share a marketing email I received the other day (see image). The email had the subject "Let's celebrate our Britishness with wine" Hi...
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See 7 CommentsIn my opinion one of the greatest movies ever made, but seriously dark, brutal and nothing for the the easily-offended. Peter Greenaway's classic f...
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Friends of Ruskin Park have published a booklet about John Ruskin. You can download it from their website or email them for a hard copy. https://ww...
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See 1 Comment"New Moon" at the Lumen Crypt Gallery, Bethnal Green. Short Video of two of the objects. More info here: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/new-moon-...
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See 3 CommentsSome random impressions from the "New Moon" show at the Lumen Crypt Gallery, Bethnal Green. This was a tough one to make picture due to the lightin...
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See 9 CommentsGood summary by Ian Dunt https://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/01/23/brexit-2020-everything-you-need-to-know-about-johnson-s-trad
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See 2 CommentsBernie is a dark comedy about a mortician who starts an affair with a rich older woman, then kills her and hides her death from family and friends....
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See 1 CommentWhat a great comedian and a very naughty boy. Another reason to start re-watching the Flying Circus.
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The DIsh is an Australian Movie from 2000, partly based on real events at a radio telescope in the Australian outback and their chaotic cooperation...
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See 5 CommentsI re-watched "The Death of Stalin"(2017) the other night. For those who do not know it, it's a dark comedy about the Soviet Government in the wake ...
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What upcoming MCU movie are you most excited about?
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See 2 Commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/13/oscar-nominations-full-list-for-2020 Joker 11 Nominations - (well, not a bad movie but I'm no fan of i...
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Hello, I have started a new video group https://www.scooploop.com/groups/scooptube/ Everyone is welcome to join.
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See 3 CommentsIs anyone going to watch it? I lost interest in the movies after The Force Awakens, the the films have nothing in common any more with those I grew...
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No love for cuddly toys ... (Edited)See 2 CommentsSeen this poor impaled bear at a bin in Loughborough Junction on my way to work this morning. What happened to #love ...
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See 2 CommentsOr was it two years ago, anyway ...
