There is no full line-up for this year’s Croydon World Party yet, but the headliners on July 12th have been announced as the Stereo MCs. On the following day there is a mela. Not so far to go for anyone who is going to miss the Crawley Mela this year.
Entries Tagged as 'London'
Good news for some of us?
May 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
Every cloud has a silver lining. Those of us with a house on the market in the Home Counties will be the few beneficiaries of Mayor Johnson’s election, as those with any sense flee the capital while there is still a transport infrastructure for them to use for their escape. Time to put the asking […]
Compare and contrast
May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Compare and contrast · Politics
In 2005 Ken Livingstone spoke about the July bomb attacks in London. It was a mighty speech which ended like this: I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in order to take others – that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fear that you may […]
Mayoral election
April 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Politics
I half-watched the London election programme on ITV tonight; the one with Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick on.  I’m not sure whether the audience had been packed with partisan supporters of all three candidates or that there is just a lot of genuine public interest in the election, or a bit of both, […]
Grand day out
January 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Life
I had the opportunity of getting some proper professional photos done by a Labour party photographer up in Westminster and decided to take up the offer and use it as an excuse to do a bit of tourism at the same time.
Nobs
January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Nobs · Life
Not a cheap smutty joke… well not just a cheap smutty joke. When I first saw this Irish pub at No. 65 out of the corner of my eye I did a bit of a double take because I really thought it was a pub called ‘Nobs’ until I looked properly.
Visit to the smoke
January 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Visit to the smoke · Life
This year we decided to go up to London to see in the New Year, and we all wish that we hadn’t bothered. Â
A concert in a shoebox
December 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Music
More YouTube goodness, this time from Spizzenergi rehearsing for this weekend’s show.
Tags: Concerts·London·Punk·Spizzenergi·YouTube
All aboard the Tex Express!
November 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
According to the Argus “A councillor has won a battle to secure better public transport links between West Sussex and the new Eurostar station in London.” Well done to him… except he hasn’t. We already had perfectly good ones and he has persuaded TfL to provide the option of a worse one for anyone foolish […]
Shibboleth
October 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Shibboleth · Life
There have been seven previous installations in the Tate Modern’s Unilever exhibitions series, of which I have seen four and enjoyed them all to various extents. When I first heard about the new one (Shibboleth by Doris Salcedo) I had a real sense of anti-climax. The Turbine Hall is a brilliant, magnificent space and I […]
Tags: Art·London·Tate Modern
