Shoppers delight tonight !
Time: 19:45 – 22:00
Location: Opposite the Band Stand/ Public loos on Serpentine Rod
Hyde Park!
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THE Labour Party
I have been dismally disappointed by the Labour Part ever since I can remember. It started when they stole my parents from me for most of my Childhood on the promise of a bright and better Country.
Then John Smith Died.
Then came the Joker…
And it got worse and worse and worse… until finally about 5 years ago I realised that they are a bunch of Tories wearing red ties. But anyway, enough about me, I just like to complain and do nothing.
Check these guys out THE Labour party.
June 5th 2009
Time 10:00 pm – 7:00 am
Title The Death and Astonishing Resurrection of THE Labour Party
Location London & Brighton pub, 139 Queens Road, Peckham, London SE15 2ND
Speaker Mister Mayhem
Phone Contact 07 769 695 359
Topic / Issue Race & Class
Sponsor The Government of the Dead
Waking Walbrook
“If there were water…
If there were only water amongst the rock…
If there were the sound of water only
TS Eliot, The Wasteland
The Walbrook River was one of the largest and most important rivers in London. A Roman river, the Walbrook takes us back to ancient London, when south of the river was a group of islands, and much of what we now understand as this city was more marsh than land.
The Walbrook has been lost for over 5 centuries. With the help of a dowser, artist Amy Sharrocks has re-mapped this river, and is attempting to reclaim this great body of water with a huge public walk along its course.”
Amy Sharrocks has re-mapped the ancient buried Walbrook River from its source in Islington its mouth at the River Thames. Participents are asked to wear blue and be llosely tied at the waist, the idea being that this will be a process of re remembering the boy of water using a body of blue people!!!
A lovely Idea, I really hope they get a good turn out…
Details:
Artsadmin | Toynbee Studios | 28 Commercial Street | London | E1 6AB
Box office 020 7650 2350 | Online booking
Tel 020 7247 5102 | Fax 020 7247 5103 | Textphone 020 7247 5182 | admin@artsadmin.co.uk
police find dead man after G20 protests
Brisbane News – London police find dead man after G20 protests.
I couldn’t believe this at first when I saw a comment posted on a friends facebook… Strangely its not in th UK News as of yet.
He added later “I was in the vicinity. I had to get away from the main area as it was getting very heated indeed. I could just about see what was going on. Some people were covered in blood…. Felt like a horror movie. Some of the protesters were throwing things at the police therefore delaying medical attention to the dying man – Police version: natural causes!! I am shocked”
Building Art
OK, I don’t know why this central London building (occupied by the FilmLight digital film technology company) was covered in giant black-and-white stickers. And the pictures are gone now. But I thought it was cool enough to post photos of anyway…
London is now street viewed! Cue tabloid panic!
You may have noticed the weird little Google street view camera cars trundling the streets of Londinium over the last year. At long last the pics have been processed (Boots the Chemist, I expect) and put online.
Yay! Of course this is extremely cool. A modern wonder: fabulous, fascinating, useful, funny etc etc.
And how does the crap press react?
Evening Standard:
You’ve been framed by Google’s Street View
GOOGLE today removed dozens of pictures from its new Street View service because of privacy concerns…
Daily Mail:
Google forced to black out thousands of Street View photos after privacy protests.
…followed by, from the “not hypocritical at all” Mail?:
Have you spotted any quirky pictures on Street View? Email us a link to the image at stories@mailonline.co.uk
THOUSANDS of privacy protests in a day? Really? I doubt it. I smell journalistic licence (commonly knows as “making up numbers out of thin air”)
The London Paper:
Google privacy protest
Google forced to black out new service after London sex shop pics outrage
What a load of crap. There’s nothing in these pictures that you couldn’t get by going outside and walking around with your eyes open. As if we have anything to worry about, with about 15 CCTV cameras for every citizen.
Anyway – have a look around on Street View – it rocks!
In the meantime, here’s screengrabs of 2 of my favourite local shopfronts.
^^ I like this one because of the lovely old advertising paintings on the walls.
^^ And this one, because it’s so cheeky and naff.
Its time for Conga Conga !!!
………From the bringers of the Undie 500, International Optimism Day , and Happy Wednesdays
Group aim to set new “Conga Line World Record” in support of Red Nose Day
http://www.justgiving.com/congaworldrecord
Optimists to raise money by dancing through central London
On Red Nose Day, Friday 13th March, a group of Optimists Society members will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for a Conga Line, by distance travelled. They’ll be doing it to raise money for Comic Relief, get some exercise, have fun and cheer up Londoners along the 17km route.
\Its not to late to take part mail James @ – james@eternaloptimist.net
The attempt has already been “accepted as a New Record Category” by Guinness World Records, who await details of a “Suitable Claim”. Society members will use Guinness standard rules for endurance dance routines. Bringing together a lead “Conga” and 10 team members to follow. Of course the public will also be welcome to join at the back wherever they like along the route.
The route takes in many of Londons top tourist sites. It will start in London Bridge, take in the sights of the Southbank, head past Comic Relief’s offices on Embankment then head up through Westminster into the Royal Parks, through St James Park, Green Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens turning down Notting Hill to Shepherds Bush, through the new Westfield Shopping Centre and ending at BBC Television Centre in the early evening. The proposed distance will be 17km. It will take an estimated 5 hours to complete. Though we might continue to conga into the night if people sponsor us to…
The Optimists Society, is a social-action group promoting positivity and helping people make a difference to themselves and others through simple actions.
Please visit our fundraising page… http://www.justgiving.com/congaworldrecord
Ride a motorbike or scooter in London? Clear your diaries…
Major demo, on Tues 31st March. Protesting against Westminster Council’s cash-grabbing and opportunistic fees. The scheme to make you pay to park your bike isn’t permanent yet. If enough people kick up an inconvenient fuss, they will quietly bin the scheme. So – protest!!!
Meet in Trafalgar Square at 5.30ish, Tues 31st March.
It’ll be noisy, shouty and fun!
Full details here
Ewwwwww
How gross… theres even some hairs stuck in it!
