Weekend with Sounds of Soviet Underground / Batsch / Karma Sheen / Mithila + Marline
Sounds of London - September, 2026 I am going to have to work backwards through my weekend. It’s been a long one, with a few miles on the road, family and friends and football included, so I think it best to rewind from the end through to the beginning to give my memory a chance to trawl up the events of Friday evening, after clearing the frontal lobes of Saturday night's delights. St Paul’s cathedral, looming large behind the glass and concrete of Newgate Street, still has the capacity to draw a sharp intake of breath. Its huge structure and elegant lines stand in stark contrast to the Legoland simplicity of its contemporary surroundings. How impressive it must have been to the citizens of 18th Century London when the wooden scaffolding was finally removed, I cannot imagine. I had taken a 56 bus to the Central Line from outside Dalston Junction through the streets north of the city on Saturday night, my head still buzzing and my feet tapping out the rhythms of Sovi...
