A Fact A Day………….. #9
The 1980s building boom revealed an astonishing number of finds, especially in the City of London. More recently, archaeologists from the Museum of London digging near today’ Spitalfields Markets unearthed a priceless stone and lead coffin containing the remains of well-to-do 4th century Ad Roman woman and personal effects.
The tales she will tell us about London’s earliest history will be epic.
Source: Blimey!
But There’s No Shower…
Reading on The Londonist this morning that Ken Livingston is now allowing caravans onto Trafalgar Square, I hopped on my bike during lunch and took London Cyclist (ghetto) Network Route 4 to Trafalgar Square. The Caravan is an arts project entitled ‘Our Little Corner Of Earth’ created by a group of nine artists called ‘Little Death’. I looked around inside the caravan with two other women. They had experience of caravanning and pointed out the lack of shower as an issue. But, like me, they were also intrigued by the graphic details that are hidden all over the caravan. Again expressing the practicalities of this particular caravan one of them said the jar of dead crickets would have to go.
The artists are a friendly bunch and happy to discuss their work. The caravan is parked on Trafalgar Square until Saturday and then is touring the country. There are other installations planned for this series including a series of life-sized portraits of the soul by a former Tibetan Buddist Monk.
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These guys will never walk alone
You just know that after beating Chelsea that Liverpool were meant to win. What a match. What’s this to do with London? Not much, but I live in London and watched history made. What a game.
A Fact A Day………….. #8
On yer Bike
Well I’m slowly recovering from day 2 of cycling to work. God its not like cycling with the club at the weekends. Cycling in London is fast and at times bloody dangerous. So many people jumpt the lights! Christ I’d probably save about 7-8 minutes if I did likewise. I have however found a great way to get from Crystal Palace to Warren Street tube without having to go through either Brixton or Tottenham Court Road. At times London can be really relaxing when you take its back streets. I love it.
Cheap Wormeries
Even with a flat that’s more pod than pad, I have room to reduce my organic waste through the magic of the wormery.
A wormery is a composter that uses worms to break down your stuff, instead of just relying on wormless decomposition. It suits the gardenless pod-dweller because it works fast, it has no smell, and you get liquid compost out of it, suitable for feeding potted plants. You get solid compost out too, about twice a year, but you can hide that under the bed (or use it to pot some more plants). Anyway that’s the plan, since I ordered one today.
Hackney borough offers wildly discounted wormeries (and composters) through Original Organics. Lots of other councils in London do the same: just google for your council’s recycling page.
A Fact A Day………….. #7
I Want One
Damn, That paper must be so good. Look how the woman is engrossed in it. I took a few pictures of her reading it and hoped she would fling it down Metro style. But sadly for me she did not and I still have not located a copy of The London Line. It even has a The Arcade Fire advertisement on the back. The paper is touted as “London’s alternative newspaper”. It’s got to be hard getting a project like that moving and I hope it is going well so that distribution can get wider. If anyone has spotted a regular supply, I’d be interested to know.
A Fact A Day………….. #6
