Post Tagged with: "Camden"

  • Smile: you’re in Camden

    It’s the little things that make something rubbish into something lovely. Enjoy.

     
  • Camden UKUncut protest in pictures

    Today UKUncut protesters took part in a national action involving over forty Starbucks demanding that they end the practice of using front companies in Switzerland and Ireland to outsource their profits in order not to pay corporation tax despite making large amounts of money from UK outlets. In Camden Lock […]

     
  • Euston “Restrain the train” fun day against HS2 (in pictures)

    Saturday’s Restrain the Train event brought the local community and traders together in their opposition to High Speed Rail 2 which will see the lives of thousands of Camden citizens’ lives severely effected. As developments are halted, housing is blighted or businesses – like the fantastic Drummond Street curry houses […]

     
  • Camden Restrain The Train Fun Day – 22nd September

    1.00pm-5.00pm ST JAMES’ GARDENS (between Cardington Street and Hampstead Road) Euston Against HS2 is organising this event to bring our communities together to: enjoy a fun day out with friends and family provide information and highlight issues and concerns related to the rail proposals We’ve got a lot of great things planned […]

     
  • Snap by-election called for Hampstead Town, Camden

    A snap by-election has been called in Hampstead Town, Camden, for the 27th September. The ward, which had two Tory and one Lib Dem councillor is likely to be hotly contested and will be an interesting barometer of the state of play in the Coalition parties (2010 results for ward). Conservative Councillor […]

     
  • Camden Traffic Wardens’ Strike for a Living Wage

    NSL staff in Camden are taking industrial action for a living wage. The members of Unison are currently working for just £8.09 an hour in what is a difficult and sometimes stressful job. They are calling for a pay rise of £2.50 which would give the the same pay as NSL […]

     
  • Barbed wire washing line

    I may be alone in this but I find the mixture of washing line and barbed wire a powerful image. Although I’m in danger of stereotyping here, or poverty porn, (after all having a washing line is hardly a sign of extreme poverty, nor is having a low balcony in […]

     
  • Statue Wars in Camden

    Tonight two noisy demonstrations converged outside Camden Town Hall bringing together dozens of protesters concerned about proposals for siting a statue. The proposal to put a statue of the founder of Bangladesh in Brunswick Square has divided the local community with some coming to support the idea and others holding […]

     
  • Video: Camden Trader speaks out against Olympic copyright rules

    Incredible leaflet issued by Camden Council to local traders.

     
  • Review: Leon Rosselson at The Cellar Upstairs

    The Cellar Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms near Euston hosts a regular season of folk clubs (restarting in September, it’s not a summer sport) with some of the top names in today’s folk scene as well as talented locals who just like to get up and have a go. There’s […]