It’s been a while since we’ve done a links round-up so let’s get cracking and look at just a few of the interesting, curious or important articles you may have missed in the last couple of weeks; The Trafficking Research Project on the Olympics and how the authorities chose not […]
A few of the Olympics stories that we’ve spotted out and about; Police pre-emptively arrest suspected graffiti artists. London Vandal and Vice. And in response we have a number of ad hoc artistic street thoughts. Buzz Feed. There’s a re-cycling graffiti wall seen at Wembley Matters. At demotix we see police […]
We have a bumper crop of Olympics links for you. Don’t worry – it’ll all be over soon; Mark Steel on why he’s for the Olympics, but not here. While in the Guardian we have a delightful etiquette guide for the Games. The Daily Mash have a great “history” of […]
A few posts and links we’ve spotted in the last few days; Has the Mayor mucked up Pride? Pink News, Huffington Post If you’ve not been watching the secret history of our streets you really should catch up with it on i-player. In Lewisham Goldsith’s college has brought a decaying […]
Some of the blogs aand articles that have caught or eye over the last week; In Lewisham Council one absentee councillor for New Cross is being held to account. News Shopper. Camden’s “parking enforcement officers” are on the brink of a historic strike. Camden Unison. This is Croydon are looking […]
A few of the recent Olympics stories we’ve spotted; Lives Running reports on the weekend’s anti-missiles protest. Also on that story Random Blowe and BBC video. The BBC say there are problems with the cycling routes. The Great Olympics Tax Swindle. Ethical Consumer. The Mayor Louth dresses as a penis to […]
A few links that we spotted over the last week; The urban art fare in a couple of weeks looks great. Is the world ready for X-rates “apps”? I’m not sure. Evening Standard. The Atlantic discusses London’s cycling culture. Not pretty. There’s a lovely archive of the designs for London’s […]
Tsk, tsk. Olympics volunteers heckle David Cameron. Guardian. Petition against using animals in the openning ceremony reaches more than 20,000. Nice bit of street art. Ocado, the supermarket that comes to you, has been hit by the curse ofthe Games. Independent. Comment is free Londoners are coming together to oppose […]
News on the Olympics from out and about; The Independent reports that “Protestors have taken over a large property owned by Olympic Orbit tower designer Anish Kapoor in the first demonstration against the London Games.” 853 sees the weekend work on Greenwich cable car in preparation for the big day. Are you traveling through […]
A few links for the weekend; There are some really interesting statistics from Green AM Darren Johnson on how affordable are London rents? Mayor Watch on the Mayor’s new policing deputy utterly mucking up. If you’d like to you can support the campaign to stop London restaurants serve Foie Gras. […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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