Archive for the ‘London’ Category

Will the Global War on Terrorism be the New Cold War?

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Good question indeed. This week’s public lectures at the LSE are asking some hard-hitting questions. This particular lecture is presented by the LSE Cold War Studies Centre as part of the ‘End of the Cold War and Making of a New World Order Lecture Series‘ and delivered by Professor Barry Buzan. Many ...

Trafalgar Square Festival

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Three weeks of outdoor performances - gymnastics, dance, art, and music - at Trafalgar Square this month - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday until Aug 20 Featuring: Awaz by Akademi - A fusion of classical, folk and festive dance that celebrates the dynamism of modern Asian women. Pax Pace Paz Paix ...

Chaos: UK Airports closed to incoming flights following foiled ‘terror plot’: MI5 Threat level upto “CRITICAL”

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Breaking News: "Plot to blow up planes disrupted" well good job the 'plot' was disrupted. Doesn't seem to be clear what the hell is going on - but Heathrow's closed to all 'incoming flights' - goodness! that sounds like it will cause mass chaos - and 'all flights have been cancelled ...

fly-tipping and punishment

Monday, July 31st, 2006

epolitix had this little excerpt today: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes guidance for councils on how to tackle fly-tipping by householders. "Councils have tended to concentrate on clearance. That is vital, but there needs to be more emphasis on preventing fly-tipping happening in the first place," said ...

Bill Viola@ Haunch of Venison: Love/Death The Tristan Project

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Love/Death: The Tristan Project Now showing for free - at two venues: Haunch of Venison Yard and St. Olaf’s College - Tooley St. ( or what used to be the College) [ Adjacent to Tower Bridge Rd, London, SE1 2JR - nearest tube is London Bridge] The Love/Death: Tristan Project is ...

zadie smith ‘on beauty’ @ wanstead library

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Zadie Smith discusses her latest book 'On Beauty' at Wanstead Library this Saturday - 29th July. This is her third novel and was published in 2005, and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. It's been referred to in a lot of reviews as a 'homage to EM Forster'. Starts ...

Summer Scorcher

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Okay, depressing news like the world erupting into wars aside, check this out! Here in London temperatures forecast this week are in the 30's and 37 degrees celsius on Wednesday! If that's the case, surely we're close to the record 38 degrees back in 2003. Sweltering..going to have to think hard ...

Seventh of July - one year on..

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Tomorrow: one year on from last year's awful attacks here in London. It will be marked by a two-minute silence at noon - to remember the victims, and presumably - more generally - mark the tragedy of loss of life. A public ceremony is also being held in the ...

Spitalfields Green Fair - 16th July

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

A date for your diaries - the Spitalfields Green Fair is happening on Sunday the 16th of July from 12 noon - 6 p.m. at Allen Gardens (off Brick Lane) & Spitalfields City Farm - Weaver Street E2 in the Spitalfields Green quarter. Admission is Free! Featuring: music and dancing from around ...

Undercover Surrealism : A Subversive Climate

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Undercover Surrealism explores the ’subversive climate’ of the dark undercurrent within Surrealism in the late 1920’s spearheaded by Georges Bataille. The exhibition draws together work by Picasso, Miro, Masson, Giacometti as well as imagery from the magazine Bataille edited from 1929 ...