Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
just a quick reminder regarding an old post : tonight at 6.30 the guardian's gary younge will be speaking at the LSE on 'how the war on terror is wrecking britain's landscape'. i will be attending this hopefully if i can get out of work on time! and ...
Posted in Events, London, News & info | 34 Comments »
Monday, November 28th, 2005
ian blair is in the soup..
"The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said Sir Ian would be investigated after he was named in an official complaint by the family of the Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead at Stockwell tube station this summer."
well one of the things ...
Posted in London, News & info | 18 Comments »
Monday, November 28th, 2005
apparently there is a 'Global Voices' Blogger Summit at the Reuters headquarters in Canary Wharf on the 10th Dec.
i don't suppose i qualify as a 'global' blogger by these silly geographical standards. ah well. no harm trying though! i must say it isn't very easy finding out if one ...
Posted in London, News & info | No Comments »
Friday, November 25th, 2005
@ Brixton Jamm 251 Brixton Road-tonight from 9 pm till 3 a.m. £6 or £5 concessions:
"This launch event features: Asian Dub Foundation's Invasion Sound System - Feat. MC Spex, DJ Shodan (Ganja Records) and MC Lowqui (Metalheadz), Marcacatu (Live Brazillian Band), Rhythms of Resistance Samba Band, MC Angel with ...
Posted in Events, London, News & info | 3 Comments »
Thursday, November 24th, 2005
Public Lectures @ LSE:
The Gilder-Lehrman Lecture Series In American history has just started at the LSE: the inaugural lecture is titled “The Origins of American Constitutionalism†and explores constitutional issues: 'the notion of a written constitution, the separation of powers, representation and sovereignty.'
Delivered by Gordon Wood who's a ...
Posted in Events, London, News & info | 23 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
right so now that's gone ahead - it goes into effect midnight - but of course as the government are keen to point out - not many places are actually going to have 24-hour drinking. ( to which no doubt the police will heave a sigh of relief)
Realistically, only a ...
Posted in London, News & info | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Having read the comments on the 'perceptions of women' post below- i had something to say which i didn't want to simply reply to in the comment thread - i realized it's quite a big deal so i thought i'd have a separate post.
Someone commented that 'In a lot ...
Posted in News & info, stupidity and violence | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
the BBC Have your Say forums are certainly informative. goodness knows we'd never have any idea as to the funny ideas people have otherwise. the most recent hoo-ha is 'whether women should be allowed to breastfeed in public'
"A woman in the UK was asked by police to stop feeding her ...
Posted in News & info, World Affairs: politics and news | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
"hiding behind bushes" - what a thrill! secret agents and private detectives.. Juliet Motley-Wilcock is featured in today's Guardian - she's a life coach turned private investigator. What larks! Are we missing out ? I always did want to be a Mossad agent when i woz little..
does anyone have anything ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
One in three blames women for being raped :
" One in three people believes that women who behave flirtatiously are at least partially responsible if they are raped, a report published today reveals. A similar number think that women are partially or wholly responsible for being raped if they ...
Posted in News & info, stupidity and violence | 29 Comments »