folk-punk ⁽²⁾

A few years ago Mrs Akin and her 'bestie' went to a gin tasting festival at Tobacco Dock in London's East End, not being a big gin fan I accompanied them to their destination and wandered on further to parts of London I hadn't visited to explore and check out a few pubs. I was specifically interested in Cable Street. The day itself was steaming, humid and hot, I wandered up to Cable Street and onto a small park with…

It's that time of year upon us again, the shops get busier as people scurry about frantically looking for last minute gifts, the supermarkets are packed with hordes of desperate shoppers all trying to buy up most of the stuff on the shelves 'in case they run out' over the couple of days that is the festive period, the self serve checkouts are at breaking point. Kids get excited, parents get stressed in trying to sort out food, presents etc.