Archive for category: Overflow

• Charles I: so bad they executed him twice

  Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first. At his feet there is a little plaque. Set up in 1675, fair enough. But did they really have to say that Joshua Marsham, the sculptor who made the piece, had executed him. […]

   

• Smile: you’re in Camden

  It’s the little things that make something rubbish into something lovely. Enjoy.

   

• Catching up London links

  It’s been a while since we’ve done a links round-up so let’s get cracking and look at just a few of the interesting, curious or important articles you may have missed in the last couple of weeks; The Trafficking Research Project on the Olympics and how the authorities chose not […]

   

• Snap by-election called for Hampstead Town, Camden

  A snap by-election has been called in Hampstead Town, Camden, for the 27th September. The ward, which had two Tory and one Lib Dem councillor is likely to be hotly contested and will be an interesting barometer of the state of play in the Coalition parties (2010 results for ward). Conservative Councillor […]

   

• Are you ready for the Sexathalon?

  I have no idea what this is about frankly. Do you?

   

• On Champion Hill you always know where you are
   

• The greatest cup cake in history!

  Behold! Oh, I thought I had a weird imagination but this simply blew – my – mind! Yes, you are reading the sign right – these are English Breakfast Cup Cakes. For real. Designed by Anna Rose who has just set up shop in Grove Road, Bow, her cup cake business […]

   

• Monday’s Games round-up: stories from around the web

  A few of the Olympics stories that we’ve spotted out and about; Police pre-emptively arrest suspected graffiti artists. London Vandal and Vice. And in response we have a number of ad hoc artistic street thoughts. Buzz Feed. There’s a re-cycling graffiti wall seen at Wembley Matters. At demotix we see police […]

   

• Music: Kilburn High Road – Jonny Granville

  While we’re singing about Kilburn, Jonny Granville has a different take on the place. Great stuff.

   

• The Olympics are coming! Mega-round up.

  We have a bumper crop of Olympics links for you. Don’t worry – it’ll all be over soon; Mark Steel on why he’s for the Olympics, but not here. While in the Guardian we have a delightful etiquette guide for the Games. The Daily Mash have a great “history” of […]