During my photo shoot for the singer Kendra Morris in the Woolworth Building, we sneaked into the underground vault  which looks like a scene from a bank robbery in an old move – just fab.

Marty’s Cool Stuff was an amazing place on Lafayette St NYC. Marty told me he had made guitars for Joe Strummer. Local musicians would often stop by to sit and play a few songs outside the store in the good weather. The store was stuffed with interesting things like musical instruments, lighting fixtures, old photos and books.

My uncle Morris Beckman is still writing books on his typewriter at the tender age of 90. I went to visit him on ‘Poppy Day’ Remembrance Sunday. He was in the Merchant Navy during WW2 and returned to London to fight the fascists on the streets in the East End.

His wife Patricia Lennard was the fashion editor at the Evening Standard during the 1960’s – she also wrote for the iconic mag Nova and British Vogue.

Staying at my friends’ house in North London – she hand knits these monkeys and sells them at a very posh store

At the Daptone Studio last week in Bushwick photographing Antibalas. The studio is in the small front room of the house, kitchen upstairs – it reminded me of the Rough Trade offices in West London back in the punk era – an exciting small label vibe – very relaxed family feeling.