“When the tide’s at full force there’s no chance you can swim against it”

Men’s Health, November 2025. PDF here. Nigel Walley, 61, has been swimming in the Thames since he was a boy and now regularly tackles the iconic river’s tidal section. He explains what it’s like to be in the water as the tide surges. As told to Jessica Furseth . We went for an hour and aContinue reading ““When the tide’s at full force there’s no chance you can swim against it””

On Google Street View, Gentrification, and London Street Art

Published in Garage by Vice in March 2019. Original story link / Archived story link. The permanently closed Lord Napier pub in Hackney is a never-ending piece of community art, but how long can it stay that way? I first saw the Lord Napier in Hackney Wick ten years ago, walking down White Post Lane when IContinue reading “On Google Street View, Gentrification, and London Street Art”