Charlie Warzel, writing for The Atlantic:

“The acceptance and fellowship that online communities bring, be they subreddits and Facebook groups or anonymous message boards, allow grievance to harden into a full-fledged identity.”

Viewpoint + Community = Identity

This is a rather nice one. Trafalgar Square, early summer 1994.

One of the fountains in Trafalgar Square in summer 1994.

More West End candids from 1994.

A busker in Leicester Square in 1994.

Chiquito in Leicester Square, 1994

A girl cluching a Ronald McDonald ballon on her father’s shoulders, near the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square — 1994.

Tourists on the steps of Eros in Picadilly Circus in 1994.

A few candids shot around London’s West End in early summer 1994.

Sure, the fashions date them — but the sheer absence of phones is what really leaps out at me.

Toni’s Italian Ice Cream, being sold near Trafalgar Square in 1994.

A robot busker near Leicester Square in 1994, being watched by a crowd of tourists.

A woman reading a magazine in Trafalgar Square in 1994.

Here’s the posts that caught your attention on my site in 2021.

Happy New Year to you all!

Finding a stolen and burnt out motorcycle near their grandma’s house was an education for the girls…

Two girls looking at a burnt-out motorcycle on a path in Knowle West.

A very merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it!

Somebody’s not enjoying the festive season.

A rather miserable statue in a yard, with a santa hat on.

Night boat to nowhere, Worthing.

A fishing boat on the shore at Worthing, at night.

“Organisers are people who have noticed what is happening and want to do something about it. We roll up our sleeves and get on with it. Organisers can be all of us.”

— Do Earth by Tamsin Omond 📚