Drawing from an uncomfortable position

An expensively dressed American blonde gazes at the inhospitable residential streets and whines: 'Why did they choose here?' Becau...

Thudding, blue barbecue smoke, whistles, a helicopter. Amplification that travels up the sternum. I wander around with Karen, my house gue...

Unusually early vomit outside McDonald's. Unrhythmic electric drills as shops board up. Stacks of crush barriers. Portaloos. Tourists at...

I leave the Westway to seek another open-air population supervised by a semi-benevolent uniformed force, with occasional spats and cultural...

Yesterday evening, after Monday's looting, Portobello Road was deserted apart from some police and a few listless tourists. Only the chi...

Egbert the St Lucian Rasta soliloquises in his hypnotic voice then begins a rapid dive into sleep. As his head droops I start another draw...

Egbert the St Lucian Rasta found a safari jacket yesterday; he's wearing it under his cannabis-patterned hoodie. I wish he'd find on...