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International Pillow Fight Day, London

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Apr 10 2014

Hundreds of people descended on Trafalgar Square last Saturday for a massive pillow fight. Taking place each year on April 5th in cities right across the world, it’s become an international event, a flash mob of sorts. While Trafalgar Square itself, coincidentally, happened to be closed off to the public for ‘maintenance’, the fluffy battle took place on the North terrace, in front of The National Gallery (which proved to be a good vantage point until all access was closed off there too). No matter, all the buskers and ‘human statues’ that line the terrace for the tourists attention packed […]

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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