Wow. Keeping a blog going is much harder without regular internet access - guess I should have seen that one coming. It’s not just not having free time online to write, it’s also the fact that, frankly, I haven’t been getting out much lately.
So, I was planning to just let my current obsession spill over [...]
Who’s this amiable fellow? It’s a half-sheep, half-goat from Spitalfields City Farm, which is hosting a Sheep and Wool Fayre on Sunday 8 June. I can be blasé about this kind of rural jiggery-pokery because I’ve seen it tons of times before, while I was growing up. One of my friends at [...]
There was meant to be a new post this morning, but our internet decided not to work, as usual offering no explanation or justification for its volatile behaviour. Soon, however, I will be at the mercy of a new router because *drum roll* I am moving house on Saturday! To exciting, uncharted Leytonstone.
Because I’m about [...]
I love this:
It’s a work by Abigail Reynolds called Mount Fear. The model landscape is generated from East London crime statistics. She describes it better:
The terrain of Mount Fear is generated by data sets relating to the frequency and position of urban crimes. Precise statistics are provided by the police. Each individual incident adds to [...]
I thought that would get your attention Jack the Ripper is coming to Docklands. To the Museum of Docklands, to be precise, with his very own exhibition. They tell me that:
Although no one knows who he was, Jack the Ripper is probably the capital’s most infamous son, his story passing into legend, shaping the [...]
Kicking ass together in this short film of interviews shedding more light on Liberty’s Charge or Release campaign against 42 days pre-charge detention.
from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod
Another rights-tastic post! Here’s a 30 second cinema advert from Liberty, featuring a voiceover by Britain’s Most Plummy, Simon Callow.
Liberty is campaigning to block government proposals to extend the length of time someone can be held without charge from 28 days to 42. There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE to support this dangerous and [...]
You probably don’t ever think about them, but they are priceless. And trust me, you’d miss them if they were gone. I’m talking about your human rights.
Having just said I will be posting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, here I am on Thursday morning failing to write about East London. The reason is Bloggers Unite [...]
I know that’s the question that has been keeping you awake at night too. So on behalf of all of us I went to a free arts debate on the subject last week in the National Gallery. I’ll come back to it later but Apollo magazine has a good summary of the issues that came [...]
