Post Tagged with: "Olympics"

• Olympic parody video the authorities want banned

  Thanks to Sunny at Liberal Conspiracy for posting this; Have you spotted any others? Let us know in the comments…

   

• Sunday’s London Links

  The BBC reports on residents opposing building temporary Olympic basketball courts on green belt land. Camden Council spends thousands on scaffolding round the wrong building. Fitzrovia News. Dalston people has a quick report on Chinese New Year. The 200th hybrid bus is on the streets. TfL. Se1 Community says that […]

   

• Monday’s London Links

  Are you looking for desk space in Hackney? Yeah Hackney may be able to help. Sadly it seems the Olympics have been involved in sweat shop labour. Sacom Sarah Renee has a nice little video diary on why dropped kerbs are important to her. A community food growing project in […]

   

• The Olympics and Trafficking: Myths and Evidence, 25th Jan

  The Olympics and Trafficking: Myths and Evidence Date: Wednesday 25 January 2012 Time: 5:45 pm Venue: John Snow, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK Speaker(s): Julie Ham, GAATW, Marlise Richter, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Joanna Busza, LSHTM Abstract: In the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games, concerns have been […]

   

• Thursday’s London Links

  The bits and bobs from round the web that you might have missed; Have you come across the urban walking planner? The Guardian is delving into everything Dickens, as are we all. Well the Olympics get greener and greener. They’ve bought as fleet of BMWs. The Telegraph. Snipe ask why […]

   

• Predictions for London’s 2012

  Second only to the tradition of reviewing the year just gone by are the predictions of doom for the year ahead. 2012 has seen a bumper crop from predictions of global war, planetary climate collapse or economic meltdown. So many different dooms have been foreseen for humanity that the four horsemen have […]