CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST: help us protect the world’s largest marine reserve COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH JOB OPPORTUNITY Background In 2010, the UK Government created the world’s largest marine reserve around the Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory. This will save an entire oceanic ecosystem, help to restore fish stocks and regional […]
Lewisham forager, Darren Flint will be running a wild food cafe for one day only on Sunday 29th April. In the morning we will gather a wealth of wild foodstuffs from around the heart of Deptford. Then we will return to a local community cafe for a series of hands-on cooking […]
South London squatters are making a call to arms. South London Press. The BBC report Barnet’s latest pop-up library. You see those tall towers? Londonist reports that they may become enormous advertising hoardings. The Brixton Blog looks at the little railway in Brockwell Park. Are traffic wardens becoming walking CCTVs? […]
Tempa T is continuing his fictional run for London Mayor, this time he talks about bankers. Contains the immortal lines “I love a bit of capitalism as much as the next man, but the divide between rich and poor is *immense*!”
Channel Four is encouraging people to take part in an Urban Fox Census. If you live in an urban area, it’s highly likely you have met our wildest neighbour, the Red Fox. Spot one after 4 April 2012, and we want you to report the sighting. Help us map the […]
Venue: The Black Heart, 2-3 Greenland Place, Camden, NW1 0AP London, United Kingdom It’s time for another Lolitics! Entry is only £3, but for £250,000 you can get direct access to all the comedians at the top level. They’ll hear your opinions, and write jokes accordingly. If you can afford it, treat […]
In Greenwich they’re assessing the lifts in the foot tunnel one week after re-opening. 853 also takes a look. Lambeth Save Our Services on why library privatisation is a bad thing. Wembley Matters on yet more pop-up libraries. It’s good news over 20 mph in Waltham Forest Caroline Allen. Barnet Eye […]
I don’t believe there’s anything in there that anyone could possibly have wanted badly enough to break the glass. Perhaps someone got trapped inside.
The Evening Standard and various right-wing blogs have attacked Labour for their party political broadcast claiming that the ‘ordinary Londoners’ were in fact paid actors. Labour’s team have come back with this strong video proving that, as you would expect, they used Labour supporters who lived in London and who […]
So this is the cycle superhighway. Brilliant stuff. Giving mmtorists the impression that cyclists should be in their own “bit” while cyclists have nowhere to be…
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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