Did you watch The Tube last night? “Listen to me – pay – as – you – go… you just went.” Science, history and blue circles from Alice Bell. Anna Porter has been on a tour round the Houses of Parliament. There is now a dedicated HS2 section of Camden […]
The London Mass meets at 6.00pm on the last Friday of every month on the South Bank under Waterloo Bridge, by the National Film Theatre. The London monthly rides started in April 1994. It isn’t just for cyclists, sometimes there are wheelchairers, skateboarders, roller bladers, roller skaters and other self-propelled […]
Job Title: Administrator Working For: The Orwell Prize (Media Standards Trust) Salary: In the region of £25,000 pro rata, initially 6 month contract Job Details: The Media Standards Trust is looking for a new administrator for the Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. The successful candidate will be required […]
Anna Chen’s The Steampunk Opium Wars musical extravaganza, premiéred at the National Maritime Museum 16th February 2012. Here’s a little extract; You can also see some photos here.
A few of the links we’ve spotted around virtual London in the last 24 hours; The Daily Mirror reports on the growing protests against Tesco (pics from Westminster). In South London the police have tasered and then shot a man reported to be wielding a blade of some kind. Guardian. The Independent […]
Brian Paddick puts the case for the Lib Dems on Channel Four. I do wish he would be clearer about whether he’d ever been a police officer though. There were also several frames without someone in uniform marching past. Is he for or against the police. I just can’t […]
This week when out on my travels for Big Smoke I’ve had a number of conversations about what Big Smoke “stands for” and what the relationship is between progressive politics and journalism. You can, of course, check out our about us section on where we are coming from and our submissions guidelines […]
David Mentiply looks at the return of a prodigal son. ‘Jason Euell is starting for AFC Wimbledon today. This is like Henry returning to Arsenal.’ These were the words of one Wimbledon supporter on Twitter yesterday. But whereas Thierry Henry celebrated his return to London with a goal against […]
On a relaxed Sunday morning what could be better than a few lovely links from around London? If you want to see pictures from the underground in the seventies – London Re-connections is for you. Kate Belgrave is at loggerheads with Barnet Council. We know which side we’re on this one. Alternatively […]
Bikes Alive, Kings Cross / York Way junction Monday 20th Feb. 6.30pm For those of you who haven’t kept an eye on the latest postings on the Bikes Alive website (at bikesalive.wordpress.com), remember that there’s another Kings Cross go-slow on Monday 20th … and that it starts half an […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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