Archive for the ‘London’ Category
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
dear royal mail - a rant:
why are your lines so busy all the time?
oh i get it...not much mail is ever delivered so i guess everyone's ringing ALL AT ONCE eh?
right. well im not traipsing all the way to Mandela Way again thanks very much..so pick up the phone please
now ...
Posted in London, UK, royal mail | 3 Comments »
Saturday, February 25th, 2006
im off on travels. and when i return hopefully there will be plenty of material from my trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh.in the meantime, here in London this weekend no doubt there will be plenty of rumination on Ken Livingstone's latest mishap - press headlines across the world are already screaming ...
Posted in London, News & info, Newspapers and Magazines, Politics, Thoughts, Travel, british politics | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Some more warbling on my pet subject: the social. I have 'ranted' on this here and elsewhere. in fact sometimes people do think im a silly old so and so for going on about something that they all take for granted. But this is where i always say - what's ...
Posted in Diary, London, News & info, social, socialism, society and sociology | 11 Comments »
Friday, February 10th, 2006
O-I-L presents: RECLAIM LOVE , 2.30PM @ EROS STATUE, PICCADILLY, SATURDAY 11TH FEB 2006
"The 3rd Reclaim Love Party will take place, at 2.30pm at the Eros Statue, Piccadilly Circus, London. In the same tradition as before, the Samba band, bicycle sounds system with funky love beats and free on ...
Posted in Cool Stuff, Events, London, News & info | 5 Comments »
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
An improvement on yesterday it was zero. And so the great freeze continues! Londoners not used to it.
In the news, the BBC have been reporting on Scores killed in Europe's freeze and how temperatures have been plummeting across Europe. The extreme weather is causing havoc - dozens of people ...
Posted in Europe, London, News & info, climate change | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 20th, 2006
oh the poor thing! today the big news is a Northern Bottlenosed whale was seen swimming up the Thames under Westminster Bridge around lunchtime. i'm not sure what the latest news is, but the British Divers Marine Life Rescue group said it would help the whale if it became stranded. ...
Posted in London, News & info, whale sighting, wildlife | 6 Comments »
Friday, January 6th, 2006
Cold Winter
from the London Wildlife Trust:
"When the cold wind blows… what will London wildlife do then?
The Met Office is predicting a cold, dry winter and bookies have slashed the odds on there being a White Christmas in London. In response, London Wildlife Trust is issuing an ...
Posted in London, News & info, wildlife | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
e-Government strategies for central and local government 2006-7
the e-government national conference is being held at the Savoy Hotel, London on 25th January, and this precedes the evening awards ceremony.
The conference is aimed at senior officials in local and central government - and will be a briefing ...
Posted in Events, Information Society, London, News & info, UK, e-government | No Comments »
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
question:so are the pre-christmas Tube strikes still going ahead? Or have they been called off? does anyone know? (considering it affects a million [ or more!] Londoners everyday)
does anyone remember the chaos in early 2001 resulting from tube strikes back then? ha i remember that day, i used to ...
Posted in London, News & info, Tube and Transport, UK | 6 Comments »
Thursday, December 8th, 2005
hold your breath..Tony Blair..
The EastWest Institute has presented their Statesman of the Decade award to Tony Blair in recognition of his 'values-based leadership in international affairs.' at an awards dinner at London's Guildhall yesterday.
This is what they had to say:
"In a world in which it is often easier ...
Posted in Bush Administration, International Relations, London, News & info, USA, World Affairs: politics and news | 2 Comments »