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 […]
Down a small side street in Wood Green there lies a little green bookshop with a big heart. There’s something particularly special about independent bookshops – perhaps it’s that they deal with free ideas both literally and metaphorically, perhaps because that combination of place of learning and independent thought creates […]
As we’re talking about the deities of London it would be an outrage if we didn’t mention China Mieville’s Kraken. Having almost nothing in common with the Rivers of London in style, meaning or intent they do share a sumptuous love of London which, rightly, finds its expression in the mystical. But […]
Although I enjoyed Ben Aaronovich’s Rivers of London I did find myself frequently stopping and thinking “do I like this? Really?”. A supernatural murder mystery set in today’s London of coffee shops, mobile phones and traffic jams might not be to everyone’s taste, but you may well want to give it […]
I knew when I picked up Mark Steel’s In Town I was going to enjoy myself. However, what I hadn’t realised was that this was going to be the best book I’d read all year. Really. I do have a nagging feeling that the book was written specifically for me. […]
#ideas4Mayor is an attempt at inclusive policy making. Dave Mentiply takes a look. In the run up to the first London Policy Conference on 12-13 December, a competition was held to find the best idea for ‘making working, home or commuting life in London better.’ Here is a sample of some of the […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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