Ghost Signs on Radio
Listen here. If you’re not familiar with the show it features lots of good music but also has a regular slot where you can call … Read more
Signs in Media
Books, articles and video relating to ghost signs.
One Year On (www.ghostsigns.co.uk)
It has now been a year since I started writing this blog and making posts relating to research and other areas of interest. My first … Read more
Frank Jump Interview
Just came across this on youtube, an interview with Frank Jump about his work in New York. Great to see some of his pictures full … Read more
Derelict London Part 2
Since my post last year on Pall Talling’s Derelict London site he has had his work published in a book. It makes for fascinating reading … Read more
Restoration Debate in USA
The National Trust of Historic Preservation over in the USA features an article on their site discussing the debate over the preservation of Ghost Signs. … Read more
Living St Louis
This video from Jim Kirchherr from the Living St Louis series is a nice introduction to some of the signs from that city and touches … Read more
Philadelphia Press
Lawrence O’Toole who has been documenting Ghost Signs in Philadelphia, USA got some press on his project recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read the full … Read more
Literary London Article (Part One)
Sebastian Groes and I have been working on a Ghost Signs article in response to the presentation we gave at the annual Literary London Festival. … Read more
The Post (18th October)
Kathryn passed me this, which appears to have come as a follow up to the recent piece in the South London Press. The article talks … Read more
Colossal Media Press
While looking again at the Colossal Media site I came across this really nice spread they got in the New York Times back in October … Read more
Hackney Gazette
Yesterday (11th October) the Hackney Gazette did a nice spread on the project. I had a few photos taken for this, some of them very … Read more
Rise and Fall of Billboards
In response to my post on SmartWrap, Faris warned me to ‘beware the backlash’ and sent me a link to his blog which shows the … Read more
London Tonight
Last night (27th September) there was a feature on London Tonight all about Ghost Signs in London and how they should be protected. I was … Read more
South London Press
Today there was a feature in the South London Press about protecting ghost signs. This came on the back of the question to Mayor Ken. … Read more
Ghost Signs in Literature
Although not published until 7th August the following quote comes from chapter two of William Gibson’s Spook Country. “The old man reminded Tito of those … Read more
Ghost Signs Book (Passikoff)
Ben Passikoff has written a great book on the signs of Manhattan, New York, called “The Writing on the Wall“. He describes walking the streets … Read more
Ghost Signs Book (Stage)
Ghost Signs – Brick Wall Signs in America W.M. Stage I bought this book last year and was reading through it again today. Not only … Read more
Ghost Signs UK Video
Inspired by JDProductions’ Ghost Signs video I had to have a go myself. Here’s my first effort featuring “Loving Love” by Patsy Todd and 14 … Read more
Ghost Signs Film
I came across this film that someone made with a nice music track to go with it. It looks to be mainly USA signs but … Read more
Protecting Ghost Signs
It seems from people I’ve spoken to that it is very difficult to protect signs from distruction or being covered up. However some notable exceptions … Read more
Louis Sheldon-Williams
Louis Sheldon-Williams is a fellow Ghost Sign enthusiast and held an exhibition of his photos in 2003. He refers to them as “commercial archeaology” … Read more
Ghost Signs in Time Out
Two weeks after their feature on disappearing London, Time Out published three of my pictures in their magazine (8-15th November 2006). Thanks to Gabriel who … Read more