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• Video: Speed Camera Man – nice

  From the Guardian we have this delightfully surreal Speed Camera Man;

   

• Conference: Go Feminist! Tomorrow – Saturday 4th

  Saturday 4 February 2012 from 10am Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Go Feminist is the new UK conference about feminism. Our aim? To inspire feminist activism by providing a space for women to meet, discuss the issues they face, and share their ideas for creating change. Speakers include: Christel Querton, […]

   

• Action: Launch of See Me Save Me campaign Notting Hill 5th Feb.

  The launch of the new Road Peace campaign See Me Save Me is on this Sunday (5th Feb)  to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of Eilidh Cairns who was run over and killed by a lorry with a blind spot on February 5th 2009. Since her death, a further 50 pedestrians and cyclists have died […]

   

• Action: Bikes Alive at King’s Cross. Monday 6th Feb.

  King’s Cross Station, Monday 6 February, 6pm-7pm Dear friends of Bikes Alive, If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Bikes Alive website (bikesalive.wordpress.com), or if you follow Bikes Alive on Twitter (@BikesAlive), or if you’ve been picking up on Bikes Alive coverage on other websites, then you’ll know about the […]

   

• Camden’s economic advisers start crowd sourcing

  I’m waiting for the second edition of this graffiti to discover whether this is advice to prop up the euro with an enormous bail-out or simply withdraw all my money before it all goes haywire.

   

• Friday’s London Links

  The Guardian reports on London’s eco-straws wars. Camden Council axes award winning play service. Brent and Kilburn Times. Mayor Watch on campaigners launching their clean air London manifesto. Croydon seems to have lost £50million in tax. Inside Croydon is perplexed. 853 is delighted that Greenwich is now a Royal Borough. […]

   

• The bombs of London Bridge

  I’ve often wondered whether this V2 rocket at London Bridge is meant as a threat to non-paying commuters…

   

• Save our NHS events in London over the next month

  The next few weeks are very important ones for the NHS with the Health Bill making its final way through the Lords. As we have seen with the Welfare Reform Bill protest and campaigning can make a significant difference. For more information on why we should oppose the Health Bill […]

   

• Thursday’s London Links

  So what does Thursday bring us… let’s see; London Living report on how Exhibition Road’s experiment into kerb-less streets is going. Lambeth has the highest school exclusion rate in Inner London. The local Green Party are not best pleased. There must be an election coming because Mayor Watch witnesses some […]

   

• Scenes in London: Low tide and sky high

  The Shard is beginning to grow on David Mentiply (warning: this post may contain sci-fi references). I’ve never seen the Thames tide quite as low as on Friday last week. It was slightly unnerving so I decided to take refuge in Tate Modern. This picture was taken from the terrace […]