Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cut and Shunt, a group show at Contemporary Art Projects in Shoreditch, east London, is something that has to be said carefully (try it a few times to see what I mean). Conceived by JA Nicholls, Craig Fisher and Debra Swann, the show is an absurdist tableau, combining poppy psychedelia with Big Brother-style surveillance in an Alice in Wonderlandish way.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
From Times OnlineJuly 7, 2008Man stabbed to death in East LondonTimes Online A man died today after being repeatedly stabbed in the latest London knife killing. Officers were called to an address in Durant Street, Bethnal Green, East London, in the early hours. A man in his early 20s was found with stab wounds to his chest and arm. Paramedics took him by ambulance to the Royal London...
Intoxicating Prose (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
AS PART of East London’s Tapas Fantasticas festival, I wormed my way into a talk by Olly Smith, scriptwriter turned television wine guide (credits include Saturday Kitchen and Richard & Judy’s Wine Club). Robert McIntosh of the Wine Conversation (and current member of the Temperance Society) describes him as: ‘…one of the most genuinely entertaining and funny people in the wine trade…’ I could...
Londonist (Free subscription) | yesterday
The DLR has come a long way since its birth almost 21 years ago. What started off as a relatively modest initiative for getting commuters into and out of the newly regenerated Docklands area has blossomed into a major transport backbone for parts of East London. And yet, despite trundling through its teenage years without too much adolescent drama, it seems that the DLR is experiencing delayed...
Transpontine (Free subscription) | yesterday
You might have noticed a new addition in the sidebar of this blog - the Transpontine South East London History Map. Created in google maps, it is in early stages of development but already has 40+ local sites on it, most of them linked to previous posts here. Interested in feedback and suggestions for what to add to the map.
The Bag Lady (Free subscription) | yesterday
We already knew Mulberry was getting in on the action during the Frieze Art Fair in October, with an in-house exhibition taking place in their Bond Street store curated by East London's Fred Gallery.
Goofit (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Fresh Urban sound from East London Author: Nakul Chavan Playlist: Cartoon Animation Category: Animations Added: July 7, 2008
Sharp as a Marble (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Man, 33, hands himself in over student murders It is understood that credit and charge cards are missing from the rented flat in New Cross, South-East London, where Mr Bonomo and Mr Ferez were gagged, tied to chairs, stabbed 243 times in the head, chest and back and finally set on fire. 'Former girlfriend was used to lure Shakilus to death at hands of gang' It is understood she sent a text...
Queerty (Free subscription) | yesterday
Talk about a rude flip-flop! South African lesbian couple Carole van der Berg and Helen Ross had planned on using an East London resort to hold their long-awaited nuptials. Hoping to get things going, the ladies traveled to the resort, Country Style Catering and Venue, to discuss menu, seating and all the other logistics. Staff [...]
IOL (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The suspects were caught by police who were doing a routine check at a stop sign on the N2 in the Gonubie area in East London.
Ja Kel Daily (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
New celebrity love is Jude Law and Lily Cole. Over the past few weeks they have been at Radiohead concert in Victoria Park, Hackney, East London. Then Jude took Lily, for a meal in Covent Garden,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
uncarved.org blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
LUX presents - HACKNEY PREMIERE of Anja Kirschner and David Panos’, ‘TRAIL OF THE SPIDER’ …filmed on location in Hackney Marshes & Essex Trail of the Spider is a Western shot in Hackney and Essex, with a cast of actors and non-actors including many residents of East London. The film recreates the epic panoramas of the Wild [...]
Fromtheold (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Fromtheold. List of cities and towns in South Africa on Explorable Eastern Cape Aberdeen Addo Adelaide Alexandria Alice Balfour Bathurst Bedford Berlin Bhisho Bizana Braunschweig Cathcart Chintsa Coffee Bay Cookhouse Cradock Dohne Dordrecht East London(eMonti) Elliot Flagstaff Fort Beaufort Gcuwa Gonubie Graaff Reinet Grahamstown Haga-Haga Hamburg Hankey Hertzog Hogsback Humansdorp Idutywa Jeffreys...
The Sky Report (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The duo that comprise Quiet Village are Joel Martin and Matt Edwards, the latter of which is also known in the dance world as Radio Slave. The pair met while attending Sir Dunstan’s College in South East London back in the early 90’s. One night Joel and Matt shared a car, en route to a drum ‘n’ bass club, and got to talking about music–particularly house and disco–and their mutual love of record...
principiadialectica.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
... age of socialist culture. One in particular, ‘Jew Boy’ paints a compelling picture of inter-war East London, where the climax is the now legendary ‘Battle of Cable Street’ when Mosley’s Blackshirts were famously kicked into the gutter. The writer conjours up a thriving London ‘old labour’ community, idealised for sure, but still believable in it’s rough contours.
