Made In Earnest

A sneak preview of the cover for the forthcoming The Secret List: Brighton. We’ve redesigned everything and this new look will remain for the future editions of The Secret List series (rumoured to be London and Berlin…).  

Nearly there! Following on from Los Angeles, the latest edition of The Secret List will be Paris. It goes to print soon and will be available to buy from record shops (of course!) and online at Amazon. Images and spreads from the book to come once it is printed.

I am proud to say that The Secret List is now finished, printed and published! It has been a real labour of love for the author Sanjiv Ahluwalia, who came up with the original concept and then went about writing (and rewriting) about and photographing record shops on his travels. He visited all the shops […]

I am pleased to announce that I am officially a ‘Spotter’. By that I mean, I have joined the travel website Spotted By Locals as one of their locals for London. When I started my Made In Earnest City Guides in 2008 with a guide to Helsinki I was asked by a friend how I […]

Some time ago (2008) I started a series of Made In Earnest City Guides with a city guide to Helsinki. This new site should mean I can get back on track with that series, but I just need to work out the best way of doing them. Having each city guide as a single post […]