Charles Pycraft

Little Britain met Friends. David Walliams and David Schwimmer leaving The Ivy, September 2006. A Channel swim behind him, a London night ahead. Four frames from my archive. charlespycraft.co.uk/photo-e… Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID

Partisan records a file's fingerprint without seeing or keeping the document, gives a dated receipt, and shows a file is unchanged since it was recorded. charlespycraft.co.uk/field-n… partisangateway.com

World Digital Preservation Day was 5 November. Soft drives and old files are more fragile than they look. My London archive runs 1999 to 2014. Quiet question: is it still the same file? charlespycraft.co.uk/field-n…

Russell Brand outside Ronnie Scott's in Soho, June 2007, and leaving the Groucho Club, June 2010. Five archive frames from my London years, after his conviction at Southwark Crown Court on 5 November 2026. @BackgridUK charlespycraft.co.uk/photo-e…

After Credit Suisse, Swiss taxpayers stood behind up to CHF 100 billion of federal guarantees while FINMA still cannot fine. On the public record, the supervisor is no longer fit for purpose. charlespycraft.co.uk/investi…

Russell Brand outside Ronnie Scott's in Soho, June 2007, and leaving the Groucho Club, June 2010. Five archive frames from my London years, after his conviction at Southwark Crown Court on 5 November 2026. @BackgridUK charlespycraft.co.uk/photo-e…

Robert A. Johnson tonight at the UK premiere of Frampton, BFI IMAX, London. The Memphis guitarist played with Isaac Hayes and John Entwistle's Ox, and recorded with the Stones in Rotterdam in 1975. 📷 Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID charlespycraft.co.uk/photo-e…

Mickey Rourke at the Groucho Club on Dean Street, Soho, in July 2009, the year The Wrestler won him the Bafta. On the phone in the doorway at quarter to two in the morning. From my archive. charlespycraft.co.uk/photo-e…

Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man sit beside the City with their own trust law, firewall rules and restricted ownership registers. Today's field note on London's inner web, and what the public record shows. charlespycraft.co.uk/investi…

The lost art of the paparazzi: how London's night pavements worked from 1999 to 2014, before camera phones and Instagram. From my archive, licensed via @BackgridUK. charlespycraft.co.uk/photo-e…

Can a country have too much finance? The Finance Curse is billed for its London launch screening and Q&A at the Frontline Club, Thu 12 Nov, 7pm. Panel: Hettie O'Brien, Ann Pettifor and Daniel Bertossa. Thanks @Naomi_Fowler for the invite. My preview: charlespycraft.co.uk/field-n…

That Halloween in 2006, Norway's Se og Hør ran my picture of Pete Doherty and Kate Moss in its gallery of stars who seem to celebrate Halloween all year. seher.no/kjendis/vart-du-skr… Photo: Charlie Pycraft

My picture of Mickey Rourke ran on Austria's film.at with the news he was joining Celebrity Big Brother UK (3 Apr 2025). Licensing via @BackgridUK film.at/news/mickey-rourke-c… Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID

1955: Midland Bank takes dollar deposits in London. One archive history dates the Eurodollar market from here. A typical chain: adviser in London, trustee in Jersey, company in the BVI, flat in London. Each step can be lawful. New field note. charlespycraft.co.uk/investi…

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David Schwimmer turns 60 today. London, August 2006: a wave outside J Sheekey, weeks before he started directing his first film here. A thread from my archive 🧵 #DavidSchwimmer #Friends @FriendsTV