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Mod: the Elusive British Dream

Jason Holmes | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Dean Chalkley, Social Change, Modernism, Jake Bugg, Subcultures, David Bowie, Mods, Miles Kane, Paul Weller, Carnaby Street, UK Books, UK Culture, UK News
Jason Holmes

'No political or cultural figurehead has ever come up with the phrase "a British dream", so Mod appeals to me politically because it's the closest we've ever come to having an American Dream.' So says Richard Weight, author of Mod: A Very British Style.

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Revealed: Face Of Photographer's Girlfriend Who Led Him Around The World

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Photographe-Murad-Osmann, Instagram, Reddit, Photography, UK News, Nataly Zakharova, Murad-Osmann, Venice, Murad Osmann Photographer, Disney World, UK Photography, UK Culture, Viral, Carnaby Street, UK News

You've seen her from behind - now here's the face of the snapper's muse who features in a series of globetrotting photographs that have gone viral. ...

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Hand It To Him: Snapper Is Led Around The World By His Girlfriend

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Photography, Reddit, Instagram, Photographe-Murad-Osmann, UK News, Venice, Murad-Osmann, Murad Osmann Photographer, Disney World, UK Photography, Viral, UK Culture, Carnaby Street, UK News

UPDATE: Face Of Photographer's Girlfriend Who Led Him Around The World Is Revealed A photographer has combined the two loves of his life by taking ...

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A Tale of Two Cities: Peckham Rye

Jason Holmes | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Style
Read More: India, Brigade Road, World War 2, Newburgh Street, Soho, Paisley, Mods, Bespoke, East India Company, Prada, Kashmir, Eddie Piller, Bangalore India, The Raj, Gibraltar, Malta, Acid Jazz Records, Peckham Rye, Carnaby Street, David Gandy, A Tale of Two Cities, UK Style News
Jason Holmes

When Jason Holmes met Martin Brighty, owner of Soho-based gentlemen's outfitter Peckham Rye, he discovered the latest chapter in a tailoring story tha...

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You Don't Have to be a Mod to Work Here, But it Helps: Acid Jazz Supremo Eddie Piller Speaks

Jason Holmes | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: The-Brand-New-Heavies, Jamiroquai, Cricket, Carnaby Street, Shoreditch, Acid Jazz Records, Soho, Dean-Street, Greek Street, Paul Weller, Eddie Piller, UK Entertainment News
Jason Holmes

To the rear of an antiques cum junk shop on Bethnal Green Road lie the offices, or should I say office, of Eddie Piller, the brains behind one of the UK's most successful independent record labels, Acid Jazz Records, which was responsible for nurturing the musical talent of Jamiroquai, the Brand New Heavies and Mother Earth.

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Youth Club: An Advertiser's Dream

Jason Holmes | Posted 15.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Banksy, Dean Chalkley, Lawrence Watson, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Jockey Slut, Paul Weller, Carnaby Street, Saatchi and Saatchi, Sleazenation, Home News
Jason Holmes

At first glance, hidden behind Carnaby Street in Kingly Court, two floors up above the bars and clothes retailers, Youth Club resembled just another c...

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