Links tagged with “london”
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London cops reach new heights of anti-terror poster stupidity - Boing Boing
It’s hard to believe these posters aren’t some kind of parody. And it’s hard to react without using clichés (1984, Orwellian, etc).
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London CycleStreets: UK Cycle Journey Planner and Photomap
A new site for planning your cycle journeys, using OpenStreetMap maps. A great start.
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CR Blog » Blog Archive » Meet Mr Chicken
Fascinating stuff about the man who designs “90%” of all the signs for fried chicken places in London. (via Chris Heathcote)
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In Pictures: Secret Bits Of The Barbican - Londonist
Not that secret - only two or three photos are from inside the building that’s currently being turned into flats, but still interesting.
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The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson - Architecture Programme - Royal Academy of Arts
Series of six discussions about twentieth century architects who have done important stuff in London. On Mondays, first was last night, no online booking *rolls eyes*.
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The little page of TRANSPORT CHAOS
Great idea. Love the descriptions of chaos levels. Longer-term graphs would be nice.
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Reduced Circumstances - Current showcase
Run actors’ showcases at Soho Theatre twice a year.
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A Typographic Survey of the City of London on Vimeo
Lovely little video about the typography used in public throughout the City. Only criticism: sound recording is very poor quality. Otherwise, fab. (via Blech)
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Twee as Fuck
Fanzine, monthly London club night, record label. Looks great. (Warning: the naughty page plays music when it loads.)
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Home (Barbican restaurants)
Wiki for restaurants local to the Barbican.
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West End Whingers
I’m enjoying this blog’s theatre reviews. Intelligent but down to earth and nothing too obscure.
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How does it feel to be loved? - london club night playing indie pop, northern soul, tamla motown, girl groups, sixties heartbreak
Sounds like an awesome club. Not that I ever go to clubs.
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Remember to breathe: Catching up a bit
I’m loving Eric’s account of being at LISPA. Nicely written and very reflective. He’s the father of someone I was there with until July, and is now doing the course himself!
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Photographic collection homepage from London transport museum
More than 16,000 historical photos of London, nicely browsable. You can even add comments to each one. Would be nice if they enlarged bigger, but otherwise fab.
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Debut Productions - Homepage
London theatre showcases.
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The School Of Life - Homepage
“A new cultural enterprise based in central London offering intelligent instruction on how to lead a fulfilled life.” A religion without religion? Intriguing. (via Kottke)
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HS_LicensedVenueList.pdf (application/pdf Object)
City of London venues licensed for weddings.
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Venues in Islington
Wedding venues
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JPMorgan plans Europe HQ in Canary Wharf - International Herald Tribune
Yay, they’ve ditched plans for their massive HQ on London Wall, which would have destroyed some of the public highwalks. (Three weeks old.)
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BBC News | England | London | Smithfield market plans refused
A couple of weeks old. Phew. I’m not against redevelopment if it’s not going to be more glass offices and same-old shops.
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Last Call, Bohemia: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com
Christopher Hitchens on gentrification, New York’s West Village, London’s Soho, etc. (via Kottke, yes I’m catching up on a lot of Kottke)
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LRB · Iain Sinclair: The Olympics Scam
Very good long article on the 2012 London Olympics and its effect on East London. I was getting won over by the Olympics until this reminded me how I really feel.
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Frobisher Crescent : Coming Soon
Work has started on 69 new studio, 1, 2 and 3 bed flats in the Barbican. Pointless un-informative Flash site.
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285 - London’s Lost Rivers « Strange Maps
Idea for public art project: Brass markings on roads, pavements, buildings, etc. that mark the path of the rivers that are now hidden. (via Ted Mills)
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Drivers of Change
A thing from Arup that would be directly up the street of me eight years ago. And maybe sometime in the future. (via City of Sound)
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Corporation of London - Development & planning - Planning applications
Proposal to create a brand new flat at the bottom of one of the Barbican towers, in a “void space”. See the PLANNING REPORT for some pics.
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CR Blog » Blog Archive » The Disappearing World of Soho’s Independent Record Shops
I was on Berwick St the other day, but didn’t go down far enough to see the demolition opposite Somerfield. I so hope they hang on, but then I buy MP3s over CDs whenever I can, so… (via Alan Connor)
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Vote Match
Help to decide who to vote for in the London elections. For me it says: Paddick, Livingstone, Left List, Greens… Still hard to decide. (via Haddock)
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Your London - Living
“This website lets you search for food businesses across London to find out the hygiene rating they achieved from their last food hygiene inspection.” Am I Being Poisoned Or Not? (via Haddock)
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BSA Actor Training
Part-time courses in London from somewhere I haven’t heard of. (I keep meaning to collate such places in a post. One day.)
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We Are The Lambeth Boys
Really, really lovely 1959 documentary by Karel Reisz about young men and women at a London youth club. Fascinating for both similarities and differences to now. Do watch. 49 mins.
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Cityofsound: Robin Hood Gardens is not the same as a digital model of Robin Hood Gardens
Dan Hill’s excellent summary of the protest going on over plans to demolish the London housing estate. I hope they renovate rather than destroy.
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GeeKyoto2008 - 17 May 2008
Just booked my ticket. Clever people getting together at the Conway Hall “to discuss the future and how we’ll live in it.”
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Time Out London’s Guide to the 50 Best Websites about London, including Blogs, History Sites, Going Out, Shopping and Communities - Features - London - Time Out London
Pepys’ Diary featured as one of 50 Best Websites About London.
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MySociety » Travel-time maps
Very, very tasty interactive London maps looking at travel times and house prices. (via Haddock)
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Interview: ‘Eine’ and the letters he paints on east London shop shutters | I Shot the Deputy
I’ve been meaning to look up the story behind the letters I cycle past every day, and a photo by Alice prompted me to do so.
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Demonstration at St Pancras International, 14 - 11- 2007 — Camden Cycling Campaign
One of the downsides of the new station: stupid little bike racks (obviously designed years ago by someone who never used a bike) a long way from anywhere useful.
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YouTube - Today’s Special 1 - Tea Rooms
Lovely, too-short film about a now-closed caff in London. See also part 2 (New Piccadilly) and 3 (Eldon Street). Criminal that these places are all disappearing. (via Haddock)
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Moving Target: Cyclist-killing lorry driver fined £300
Yes, the lorry driver must feel awful, but he wasn’t looking where he was going while steering an HGV round a corner. Only a 300 quid fine for killing someone!? Motorists get away with so much while driving dangerous machines.
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London Print Studio - courses
Would love to do this if I found more hours in the day. Was thinking more of lino/wood cuts though. (via Rodcorp)
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Kultureflash - Headlines from London
Nice looking online mag of interesting things to do in London. Not that I’ll get round to many of them. (via Haddock)
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Wahaca - Mexican market eating
New Mexican place on Chandos Place in Covent Garden. Haven’t been. Yet.
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Memoryshare
The Time When, which I built as an prototype for the BBC, has now been re-done internally as Memoryshare.
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Mucho Mas: the finest hand-rolled burritos - new Mexican restaurant in Islington, London
Yay, opening on Upper Street in August. I also need to check out the Mexican place on Exmouth Market.
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Coudal Partners - The 2012 Olympic Logo: A Rant: London Broil
I hate the ‘London’ text, and I’m *slightly* nervous about it overall, but generally I agree with every point here. By 2012 the logo will be a familiar friend and few people will hate it. Certainly better than the usual naff Olympic logos. (via Haddock)
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Skoob Homepage
Skoob Books (good second hand bookshop) is back at the Brunswick Centre at last.
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London’s lack of Mexican (Phil Gyford: Writing)
Someone is looking to get involved in “the next big growth market” of Mexican/Latin American food with “funding/strategic development” help.
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CABE - Design review reports - New Milton Court
Thoroughly scathing review by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment of the now rejected plans for the Barbican’s Milton Court.
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The Actor Works » Home
Acting school in London that a friend is currently at.
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BarbicanTalk.com :: View topic - Milton Court - the tower has been rejected
Excellent — the proposed plan to redevelop the Barbican’s Milton Court has been “sent back” by the planning committee.