Fairtrade Fortnight Photography Competition

For those of you who follow me on Twitter you’ll have seen that this morning I got some good news. I was told that I’d won the Fairtrade Foundation’s photography competition to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, The picture was taken at a fairtrade flashmob that took place in Trafalgar Square earlier this year. [...]

Michael Jackson Flashmob Video

So it took ages to upload but here is my short video from today’s moonwalking flashmob in honour of Michael Jackson.
The quality isn’t brilliant, turns out in the middle out a tightly packed crowd with a lot of journalists elbowing their way through, isn’t that easy.  Enjoy.

Tribute to Michael Jackson

So with the death of Michael Jackson the news has been flooded with tributes to the King of Pop.  In America a number of vigils have sprung up, in London tonight there was a flashmob to celebrate Jackson’s music.  Billed as as mass moonwalking event it was organised via Twitter in just a few hours. [...]

The Brides of March

Another weekend, another flashmob.  This time it was the first ever London “Brides of March” event.  Similar events have taken place for a few years in San Francisco, but this was the first in the UK.  The event was organised by the same group that organises the annual Santacon event in London.
Today’s event saw [...]

Go Bananas for Fairtrade

So on Saturday while waiting for the Tibetan protest to arrive in Trafalgar Square I was surprised by a banana flashmod in aid of Fairtrade.  Turns out the last two weeks have been Fairtrade Fortnight and there has been a series of events to highlight the campaign.  This years theme was bananas, with some [...]