Archive for category: Overflow

• 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, […]

   

• 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 […]

   

• 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 […]

   

• Smiles in Lewisham: festive all year round

  One of the nice things about Christmas is that it’s a special day of the year. When we advertise it two months in advance it undermines the whole thing and means we live 1/6th of our lives in Christmas time. No. Just no. So it may be a worrying trend […]

   

• Sunday’s London Links

  Mr Reasonable on Barnet council and outsourcing. Green leader Caroline Lucas was on BBC Question Time this week. Here’s what she said about Boris Island. The News Shopper reports that Bexley council are refusing to fix broken pavements ‘until someone falls over’. Southwark campaigners are calling for improved cycle safety. […]

   

• Saturday London Links

  Scars and stripes has some delightful pics of Camden – with graphics added. While we have some graph action on the Ken vs Boris show at Liberal Conspiracy. Snipe says we should tear up the tube map and start again. Has Downing St scuppered Boris Island? Londonist Road cc points […]

   

• So you thought they were all evicted?

  I took this photo this morning of the remaining protest camp in Parliament Square. My understanding is that the part of the camp that dates back to before certain legislation was passed has got some more legal fences to jump before getting evicted. There’s certainly a lot less of the […]

   

• Friday’s London Links

  There are some excellent pictures from HarpyMarx from the protest against the Welfare Reform Bill. Londonist is taking suggestions for the worst tube station. Bank. The Camden Granary turned art school has won a prize. London Councils. Also from Londonist Boris is taking control of Olympic parking. Hackney are discussing […]

   

• When you think kebabs who does not think of sunshine?

  Spotted in Wood Green. Well, it tickled me…