Instagram – John Beardsworth

Instagram

JohnSep 6, 2018

For more than a year I have been posting new pictures to Instagram and odd videos on YouTube. Just don’t take this as evidence of any burgeoning social media strategy, let alone of any ambition to be an “influencer”, or whatever. It’s just proof that I am still alive, if anyone is wondering.

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"Never been on a demo before" (overheard) A fine

"Never been on a demo before" (overheard)
A fine turnout from residents of "Leafy Dulwich", a prosperous south London suburb, to protest against Southwark Council's road closures and imposition of half-baked Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. These diverted traffic away from some of the area’s most-desirable streets and increased congestion on others. Introduced under the guise of temporary Covid social distancing measures in 2020, they remain even after the council's own skewed consultation exercise in summer 2021 resulted in a 65% local rejection of the scheme.

#dulwich #localdemocracy #london #se24 #se21 #fujifilm #lightroom

London’s looking normal again. A few more pics f

London’s looking normal again.
A few more pics from the Shia Muslims Arbaeen procession. I’m always fascinated by the heavy frames that teams of young men decorate and then take turns to carry down Park Lane. And thanks to the youngster who laughed when answering my question about what they were called - he had no more idea than I!

#arbaeen #arbaeenlondon #arbaeenuk #arbaeenprocession #arbaeeninlondon #Muharram #arbaeenlondon2021 #islam #shiaislam #london #fujifilm #lightroom

London’s looking normal again. Every year Shia M

London’s looking normal again.
Every year Shia Muslims parade along Park Lane for Arbaeen, commemorating the death of Mohammed's grandson the Imam Hussein at Kerbala. Nice people, I’ve never felt at all unwelcome as I get in everyone’s way. While there was much happiness at seeing friends and family once more, in this series of pictures I sought to depict the sadness and contemplation underlying this procession.

#arbaeen #arbaeenlondon #arbaeenuk #arbaeenprocession #arbaeeninlondon #Muharram #arbaeenlondon2021 #islam #shiaislam #london #fujifilm #lightroom

Baa-rriers Yes, sheep jump, higher than you'd th

Baa-rriers

Yes, sheep jump, higher than you'd think, and no, you don't want them in the Thames or disappearing off into the South London traffic. So you do need barriers , but it's hard to imagine how they could have made any poorer a view for the public.

This is the Worshipful Company of Woolmen annual Sheep Drive & Livery Fair.

#sheep #sheepdrive #cityoflondon #london #fujifilm #lightroom

Plant-based decorations Duke of York (not him) Sq

Plant-based decorations
Duke of York (not him) Square, mainly, and around Sloane Square and King's Road.
And beautiful September light.

#chelseainbloom #dukeofyorksquare #sloanesquare #london #fujifilm #lightroom

Going Underground (reprise) I'd found yesterday h

Going Underground (reprise)

I'd found yesterday hard going, still emotionally and alcoholically drained by Sunday's dramatic win at West Ham, and distracted by other photographers and train station enthusiasts from Culcheth. So a perfect September morning was too good to ignore.

I'm really not one for giving pictures clever titles - Lowry said something about looking at pictures and making your own mind up - but I can't resist a couple.
L’enfer (au chemin de fer souterraine) c'est les autres photographes? Seems right to follow up Weller with a bit of wordplay wholly unworthy of Sartre!
And Man ramming groin into Thames wall after learning that what he thought was called Battersea Bridge has been called Chelsea Bridge for nearly a century. With Christmas coming, let's hope his mate keeps quiet about Santa!

#londonunderground #tfl #batterseapowerstation #battersea #london #fujifilm #lightroom

Outside the Tube Station at Midday Not quite the

Outside the Tube Station at Midday

Not quite the Jam classic but any Prosecco would have gone flat and the curry turned cold by the time my daily walk took me to London's two new tube stations which opened before 6am this morning. It must have been a red letter day for the men (mostly) who were still there recording their short journeys from Nine Elms Station to Battersea Power Station Station, some livestreaming their way up and down the shiny new escalators, and anyone with a camera must have seemed ripe for induction into the train station brigade of the trainspotting people's army. Wide platform, isn't it? Why didn't they continue to Clapham? George Stephenson built our train line. Strangest of all was chatting to someone who also came from Culcheth, which doesn't happen every day, and he'd come down from Manchester specially for the event. So I'll just have to accept that I will remain a mere novice by comparison.

#londonunderground #tfl #batterseapowerstation #battersea #london #fujifilm #lightroom

When you're trying to argue some sense into anti-v

When you're trying to argue some sense into anti-vax protesters, it must be a big help to pin a small Union Jack onto your skull.

#protest #argument #unionjack #london #antivax #covid_19 #covidvacccine #lightroom #fujifilm

Extinction Rebellion, Regent Street. In her own wo

Extinction Rebellion, Regent Street.
In her own words, "not wacky, very real".

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

Extinction Rebellion, Trafalgar Square. Oily pelic

Extinction Rebellion, Trafalgar Square. Oily pelican?

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

Extinction Rebellion, Trafalgar Square l #extincti

Extinction Rebellion, Trafalgar Square
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#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

A new age of elegant train travel? #dulwich #tra

A new age of elegant train travel?

#dulwich #train #frockcoat #iphone #lightroommobile #lightroom

Extinction Rebellion in the city of London, Thursd

Extinction Rebellion in the city of London, Thursday. When the cats (and bankers, accountants, lawyers, actuaries etc) are still mostly away…

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

I was going to post this as part of a carousel of

I was going to post this as part of a carousel of today's Extinction Rebellion images, but this young protester deserves a post to himself. Such a nice moment when he and his family turned round to see what this mad Northerner was thinking.

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

Extinction Rebellion in Trafalgar Square (again).

Extinction Rebellion in Trafalgar Square (again). By the time I found out where today’s event was happening, it was all over and time for lunch (dum dee dum dee dum)

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

Extinction Rebellion blocked one end of London Bri

Extinction Rebellion blocked one end of London Bridge, so the police blocked them in and prevented anyone crossing the bridge. It meant I had to catch the tube from Monument to London Bridge station - oh how I love my old bloke’s free travel card!

You still couldn’t get close to - or really see - the action though, so I concentrated on people stuck like me outside the police line. The woman with the kids got a little bit awkward, not wanting me to photograph them, but as I told her if you bring them to a public demonstration…. Im not sure she understood the irony of me standing up for my rights! But the fact was, I was more interested in her having a Waitrose bag, whatever (little) that may say!

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #metropolitanpolice #themet #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

Extinction Rebellion in the City of London. Anothe

Extinction Rebellion in the City of London. Another One Bites the Dust?

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #metropolitanpolice #themet #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

Extinction Rebellion in the City of London. Who sa

Extinction Rebellion in the City of London. Who says environmentalists don’t have a sense of humour?

#extinctionrebellion #ExtinctionRebellionLondon #Protest #Demonstration #ClimateEmergency #Lightroom #FujiFilm

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