Britain Doomed to Return to a Thatcherlike reality
Updated corrected version:So now the cat is out of the sack, a little moderation but overall a hard Tory budget signifying the decrease of the welfare state. Clegg / Cameron Axis has overall failed in...
View ArticleAll Day Appointments
Sometimes I wonder if some English firms should exist at all. The main gas contractor of my housing association Circle Anglia has given me an "All Day Gas appointment." I have to be available all day...
View ArticleQuestion of causality, mental capacity, danger and human rights: Raoul Moat
The causality questions on Raoul Moat are interesting, in terms of his victims and the Prison Authority (PA) concerns before his release. Or take the friend he visited twice and the failure of police...
View ArticleSocial Cohesion, Understanding and Community: Islamic Mella Kings Cross vs....
I attended two community street festivals today. One was in Cromer Street London, the other at Busby Place in Kentish Town. Both were supported by Camden Council. However the festivals could not have...
View ArticleSag mir wo die Blumen sind? Islington to loose its bloom!
The London borough of Islington is apparently stopping its blooming project or parts of it, having been runner up winner of several years of urban blooming competitions. Over the last years I have...
View ArticlePlease support the ban on smoking at Children Playground "Coram Fields"
Please support the smoking ban petition against smokers on Coram Fields, an area open for the exclusive use of children. Coram Fields attracts also children from the nearby Great Ormonds Street...
View ArticleWestfields Shopping Centre Possibly Most Vibrant Shopping Experience in Europe
A while ago I have written about Westfield's Shopping Centre on this blog. My impressions were sceptical, as I thought it to be a gift to the Chelsea and Kensington clique. Certainly the management...
View ArticleKings Cross iconic restaurant closes as the Queen raises her head.
Konstam the pearl of fine cousine on Acton St. Kings Cross has vacated its locality. No reasons other than "we are moving on" has been left. Konstam was increasingly empty during week days so my...
View ArticleFirst public benches in a non closed off area in Southern Camden since a long...
A lengthy redevelopment of a Camden Square, Byng Place, which is situated in between UCL, ULU, SOAS and Birkbeck College has not only created a much more pedestrian and cycle friendly square. To my...
View ArticleLuton city of human friction
It is almost certain that the Sweden suicide bomber was resident of the city of Luton in the UK. I have written about Luton in this context during the London Bombings and have slightly modified it for...
View ArticleNew name, old blog?
This blog is undergoing re-editing and corrections on a retrospective basis whenever I have time to do so. The blog was previously totally anonymous, which allowed for fast hastily written pieces,...
View ArticleThe West has nothing left to offer and only itself to blame.
A twitter message that got out of proportions. Rather than cutting it to the bone, I have replicated it here:On Monday I heard a BBC Worldservice feat on how Chinese high speed trains that started on a...
View ArticleRe-examining the 1970s Munich Olympic Village as "one of the best Urban...
(slightly modified ed. 11/05/11) The 1972 Olympic Village in Munich, or short Olympiadorf, is one of the most peaceful and green and resident friendly areas I have ever known, far from the concrete...
View ArticleCoram Fields Petition to Ban Smoking Update
Latest Update 20th August 2011See a smoking area on the multimillion pounds children adventure park (open air) Legoland UK. These pictures were taken in August 2011. This is easy to implement (you need...
View ArticleKings Cross Cycling Accident Update - TFL may face Manslaughter Charges
Update on Cycle Accident at Kings Cross. Please see Kings Cross Local Environment.
View ArticleLatest piece in e-zine Open Democracy
Just a brief update that my latest piece features in e-zine Open Democracy
View ArticleCycling at Kings Cross: or £30 Pounds hanging off my backside!
To start I could have pushed my bike on White Lion Street's one-way bit, going up the wrong way on the pedestrian path. Yes alternatively I could have legally used the morning traffic over-loaded...
View ArticleBloomsbury cappuccino on suburban rate!
With an avalange of coffee chains paying high market rents in London Bloomsbury, there is little chance for an affordable cuppa or cappocino left it seems. Even many of the private coffee shops have...
View ArticleNo one would benefit from an Iranian - Israeli war.
No one would benefit from a war between Israel and Iran. Not the Iranian people, not the Jewish Israeli citizens of Israel, nor the Palestinian people, neither any of the surrounding nations, or the...
View ArticleJubilee Thoughts
These have been another interesting four days in Britain for someone who read once political studies and history at SOAS (much of it on the heydays of colonialism and slavery). It shows that...
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