Stories about London, Culture & Creativity

Im in Scotland, Elie in Fife to be precise and wow we’ve been lucky, beautiful sandy beach, amazing walks, great food and the weather.. goddam! Ive got a tan, although that’s pretty easy as I’m half Egyptian.

Anyway, a much needed break and rest from work, I’m back in the city Monday to crack on with the rest of the year.

Before I left for my holidays Australian Tom Gerrard came and visited me. Another artist Ive known for years and years.. We’ve painted, drunk, smoked, looked after each others friends

with space to stay and also now both do a podcast about these creative lives we are living.

Tom travels, like serious adventure travelling. Its been him and his wife’s thing since meeting 20+ years ago. He’s from and based in Melbourne Australia and Tom gets us into that and tells us what it was like growing up there the 80’s and 90’s, a bit unconventional and quite dangerous for a 16yr old. He tells us what school was like, skating and his first graffiti experiences, friends and how those teen years went. We chat about the chance encounter with his to be wife, travelling the world and painting and the different paths he took until he gave in to the pressure and stepped up and went full time artist.

It’s a dope story, Toms lived a full life so far and it was great catching him whilst he was in town preparing for the show hes curated at Stolen Space featuring his work alongside two other Australian artists.

As Ive said, I’ve known Tom for years and it was great to fill in the gaps within the time I’ve known him over a couple beers and a smoke.

Enjoy, this is F24.

This week’s chat is with Ed Tizer. Ed is a London culture animal and you’ve probably seen him everywhere at everything, I met him in 96’ on the 31 bus route when he asked if I wrote.. we’ve been mates ever since. Ed brings us to America and fills us in on his early years there with his brother and moving to Brixton in South London where he grew up. He tells us about travelling about the city in the 80’s and 90’s and what led him into culture. He’s had a long and varied career in the UK underground scene and we get loads of the story. Big Up Ed! Here’s his London, Culture and Creativity story

This week’s conversation is with Will Robson Scott, a British photographer living in New York. I’ve known Will for a good decade now and was really happy to get to sit down and chat about his journey so far. Will tells us about growing up in London and New York, getting into skating and graffiti and finding music. We chat about school and maybe the lack of it, distracted by culture Will found himself having to make a decision and a photography course presented itself and his journey with creativity started. Dope chat, really funny and a pleasure to have him round. This is his London, Culture and Creativity story.

This weeks conversation is with Jack Murray. Jack is a creative force, I’ve known him to put his mind to various creative endeavors and explore and be inspired by them. We had a great conversation, it was a real pleasure having him over. We talked about growing up in a socialist house in Kentish Town, North West London, school life and hanging out in the manor. He tells us about finding music and graffiti and making a big effort to take on culture. We get into discussions about commercial work and other cultures dealing with the pop v’s authentic aesthetic and a great chat about his graffiti career and crew, the moves they pulled off and the creative outlets that they put to use. Great chat, this is Jack’s London, Culture and Creativity story.