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• Video: changing a bike tire in less than a minute
   

• Pity the Shard window cleaners

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• Thursday’s London Links

  Over at the Anderson Shelter they think it’s time we sack Boris to support taxi drivers. There’s a new issue of Pea Soup magazine out – check it out! Myths, superheroes, Olympics and more. The Cat’s Meat Shop have some great London pics from 19th century London. Talking of the underground, […]

   

• Come and join the debate

  As time goes on we’re getting into more and more conversations. Certainly on twitter and at #londonmanifesto but also here at the site. Often online the comments can be as good or better than the content. What with our brand spanking new comments policy (pass the delete all button someone) […]

   

• Review: Frankland and Son, Camden’s People’s Theater

  Frankland and Son at the Camden’s People’s Theater is a simple, perhaps simplistic tale. John and Tom Frankland are the (real life) father and son in question and are a likable pair, if a little too inoffensive. The play focuses on the Frankland’s family tree and the slow discovery of the past through […]

   

• Tuesday’s London Links

  Red Pepper reports on the cleaners’ struggle for decent wages in the financial district. We can see Peter Hain’s thoughts on Ken Livingstone via Though Cowards Flinch. The BBC report on an extra-ordinary garment at the V&A made entirely of spider silk. Over at Mayor Watch they are encouraging you […]

   

• It’s time to take road safety seriously #londonmanifesto

  Having attended last night’s excellent Bikes Alive event at King’s Cross we put this video together putting some of the case for tackling road safety in London. This is a contribution to our #LondonManifesto where we hope to get ideas from across a range of Londoners on how to make […]

   

• 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 […]

   

• Vacancies: Time broker

  Job Title: Time Broker (Big Lottery Funded) Working For: Bromley By Bow Time Bank Salary: £23,000 Job Details: The Bromley by Bow Centre needs a Time Broker to establish a thriving Time Bank based at the Centre. The Time Bank will support local people to consider what they can do […]

   

• Vacancies: Festival Project Manager

  Job Title: Bromley by Bow Extraordinary Festival Project Manager Working For: Bromley by Bow Centre Salary: £32 – £33,000 per annum (FTE) – salary pro rata, 14 hours per week Job Details: An exciting new job role (8-month contract) at the Bromley by Bow Centre to ensure that the Bromley by Bow […]