Having missed a couple of days we’re playing catch up here, but here goes! Want too hear a lovely story? Well here’s one about someone’s bike being nicked. London Cyclist. The Independent has been going on about pubs. Including the Ladywell tavern in Lewisham, know it well. Want a glimpse of […]
George Galloway’s out of the blue win in Bradford West on Thursday was unprecedented. For a candidate of a minuscule party, with no real connection to a constituency, to turn up a few weeks beforehand and receive more than 50% of the vote is quite remarkable, whoever achieved it, and however it […]
Over the last few weeks we’ve had some really spiffing interviews over a great range of subjects. Whether that’s Americans in London voting in the Presidential election, feminism in the eighties, climate direct actionists, pro-choice activism, a Barnet film maker or our interviews with Mayoral candidates Lawrence Webb (UKIP) and […]
Last night in Bedford Square there was the largest of an ongoing stand off between pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters outside a women’s health clinic. This video is one of a number available from Kate Belgrave who was at the protest.
And let this be a lesson to you. The text says “we sold a chair to Damien Hirst”
With all the candidates announced for the London Assembly it has become clear that there is a massive under representation of women standing for office (or is that over representation of men?). Of the seven Mayoral candidates just two are women, neither of whom are standing for the three largest parties. On […]
Someone wants to ban cyclists from our roads. Fat chance. Tower Hamlets Wheelers. Vickie Flores was told she couldn’t take a picture of the cable cars works. Cheek! Protesters force rethink on Lewisham’s homes. East London Lines. Haringey Independent tells us that £4,000 in cash was found lying in the […]
Reuben Bard-Rosenberg, who blogs at the Third Estate, takes a look at Livingstone and the Jewish community. The issue of Ken Livingstone’s relationship to London’s Jewish community has generated much wrring and grrring over the past couple of weeks. It began with a letter to Ed Miliband – written by a […]
Interesting shop window at 135 New Cross Road. They even have a blog, window135. The site says “‘Window135′ began in 2004. It started tentatively as a method of ‘putting distance’ between the New Cross Road and the family living room. Formerly a shop the building was one of two greengrocers […]
He may not have made it on to the Mayoral list, but by God he should have. In this video he bigs up inner city farms.
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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