Is this Grimey enough? Last week was national sewer week and I was given the opportunity to check out a pumping station and walk through a sewer tunnel. People I talked to about this were either horrified or fascinated by the prospect. From my perspective the whole experience would’ve been worth it for the headline …
BASH: 25th May The Bug (Ninja/Rephlex) meets the dub poets(Roger Robinson, Space Ape, Malika + special guests) Part 2 (New Flesh) Loefah (DMZ/Ital) John Eden (Uncarved Blog) Having mashed up Shoreditch last month with Nicolette, Ari Up, DJ Flight and Mary Anne Hobbs, BASH returns with another mouthwatering line up The Bug throws down the …
Power Writers and the Struggle Againt Slavery: Celebrating five African writers who came to the East End of London in the 18th Century (HANSIB/THACMO ISBN 187051833X) A fascinating booklet published by the Tower Hamlets African and Caribbean Mental Health Association. It covers five black writers who lived in the east end in the 18th Century. …
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He wasn’t wearing a heavy jacket. He used his card to get into the station. He didn’t vault the barrier. And now police say there are no CCTV pictures to reveal the truth. So why did plainclothes officers shoot young Jean Charles de Menezes seven times in the head, thinking he posed a terror threat? …
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“One of the would-be suicide bombers who tried to blow up a London Tube train had been handed thousands of pounds in taxpayers’ money. Yasin Hassan Omar, 24, was given £75 a week in housing benefit to pay for the one-bedroom flat where he has been the registered tenant since February 1999.” the Mail online …
Some places have periods of silence all the time. I imagine that, say, Dulwich Village is pretty quiet in the middle of the night. Walworth Road is never quiet, so the two minutes of silence last Thursday for the victims of the London bombings felt quite eery – construction, shop and council workers standing on …
The aftermath worries me than the event, in some ways. Police are investigating an arson attack on a mosque in Leeds. “As news of the attacks spread, gold prices rose from the $424/oz level to above $428/oz before subsiding slightly to $425/oz-$425.70/oz range where it continues to trade. Silver broke back above $7/oz, gaining as …