This Stop the Croydon Incinerator March took place on Sunday 13 May 2012. A number of Croydon and Sutton organisations joined together to protest the building of a waste incinerator in Croydon – one of the most densely populated areas in the UK. The March started at Croydon University Hospital […]
Bookmarks bookshop 1 Bloomsbury Street, WC1B 3QE Speakers: Dan Carrier, Dr Jo Edwards, Liz Kessler & Professor David Wiggins Wednesday 23 May, 6.30pm The mantra ‘private good, public bad’ has become all too common. There is an imbalance between people’s perception of the success of the public sector vs the […]
In Southwark’s Drummond road we have one of those walls that’s been painted by/for the community. I’m generally a fan of this sort of thing. It gives the feel of community and certainly beats pictures selling washing machines. However, while taking a look yesterday it began to dawn on me […]
A few bits and bobs from around the web and news that we thought you might be interested in; London Mayoral election results mapped ward by ward. Guardian. Zombie protesters stop Sainsburys in their tracks. Evening Standard. I’ve been flicking through the “In our time” back catalogue. Lots of London […]
In our post-election daze here at Big Smoke Towers we’re casting around for new writers, reports and tipsters to help us promote the weird and wonderful happenings in London’s communities. You may think we’re only interested in graphs of election statistics, oh no, not a bit of it. We want […]
When one cyclist saw a man rummaging through bins he decided he couldn’t just watch him go hungry. All caught on his cycle helmet cam.
A few links from policing, crime and the law from around London; The Camden New Journal reports on the heart breaking story of a mother’s forgiveness for her son’s murderers. An armed policeman commits suicide in the station in North Woolwich. Telegraph. The Haringey Independent reports on a man jailed […]
John Rogers’ film looks at the city we deny and the future city that awaits us. Leading London writers and cultural commentators Will Self, Iain Sinclair and Russell Brand explore the importance of the liminal spaces at the city’s fringe, its Edgelands, through the work of enigmatic and downright eccentric […]
Some of the Olympics stories we’ve spotted over the last few days: This is great. Can you foil the protesters with a battery of surface to air missiles? Tom Scott The New York Times on the security Olympics. 20th May: meeting on police powers during the games. Random Blowe. Evening Standard. […]
Working For: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Salary: £29,280 pa including London Weighting Job Details: The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is looking for a Peace Education Development Coordinator (PEDC) to expand the delivery capacity of its peace education programme through the development of a national School Speakers’ Network. The successful candidate will […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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