An old shot

Birmingham canal, on the way home.

Run

A photograph taken by my girlfriend Sam Phillips

New Illustrations

Upcoming student night in Birmingham called the Goonies. Illustration 1 for the upcoming event.

Sidewalk Archive

Now that we're seeing the odd dry day now and then skateboarding seems to be all the more attractive. Longstanding UK mag Sidewalk have started archiving their very first issues on the internet. This was obviously before I started skating being a couple of days off 18, but nevertheless it's a great read and I spent about an hour today just 'flicking' through this. The Tom Penny blindside nollie flip at Meanwhile two is still completely ridiculous to this day.

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Mr Hare

Mr Hare's collection is finally up and I now know what the shoes I have been lusting after are called. Looks like they're only being stocked in a couple of select stores. Good job one of those is Oki-Ni, which has a great online shop. Particular highlights of the collection for me are

The Genet


The Kerouac


and The Orwells... special mention goes to the Stingray Orwells



View the rest of the amazing collection here.

Keep Watch Vol.6 Skream

Mishka have just released their new mixtape, and it's from none other than Skream. Text below direct from their website:

"For our 6th installment of Keep Watch, we’re excited to have Croydon, UK’s own Skream keeping our speakers on sonic overload. Skream helped build the burgeoning dubstep scene through the UK and we’re honored to have him drop this mix for you guys, exclusively through our Keep Watch series. A perfect example of the dark and grimy vibes coming out of the dubstep underground, Skream unleashes what we can only describe as bass bazookas into your headphones and speakers. The mix goes from heavy and murky to quick and danceable and calms it down near the end with a soulful outro.

Croydon’s wonderkid, Skream discovered making music at the young age of 15 and hasn’t looked back since. Helping to evolve the dubstep genre Skream has worked with many of the top artists in the scene including fellow Tempa lablemates Hatcha and Benga. Often described as “a wild child” Skream’s subdued alter ego comes through in each and every track he produces, combining a minimal and technical approach with a keen sense of composition. Skream is set to continue killing the dubstep scene for sometime to come."

Click here to download

Enid Blighton

Merci