Outlines of the History and Antiquities of Bromley, Kent: To Which Is Added, an Investigation of the Antiquities of Holwood Hill (1815)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
"Squeezed between an almighty concrete cinema complex at one end and a giant intersection at the other, Cricklewood was no kind of place. It was not a place a man came to die. It was a place a man came in order to go other places via the A41." Ouch. To make matters worse, that stinging description of a London suburb comes from a local girl. Double ouch. What Zadie Smith sets out in the opening...
LSI Online News (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
UK - Known as The Warren, the Metropolitan Police Sports Club in Bromley is housed in a magnificent late Victorian building set in spacious gardens, where its main function room is expected to ...
Brockley Central (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Oyster Pay-As-You-Go will reach Brockley, Ladywell, St John's, Crofton Park and other local stations as part of a city-wide roll-out on January 2nd, 2010, according to a Transport for London press release: The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Transport Secretary, Andrew Adonis, and the Train Operating Companies serving the capital today confirmed that the hundreds of thousands of passengers who travel...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ofsted forces councils to meet inspection requirements rather than improving services, a report says Ofsted's approach to inspecting children's social care is flawed and bureaucratic , forcing councils to focus on meeting the requirements of inspectors rather than improving services, a report says. In a hard-hitting critique, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) identifies "very...
PinkBow (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top Shop Unique oversize coat ❖ Chanel handbag ❖ Tabio heart tights ❖ Russell & Bromley quilted patent flats We have had the Boyfriend blazer , jacket , jeans and watch . And now this coat I think could be the Boyfriend overcoat . Very wide and with huge pockets, you could probably fit two people in it! One of my London buys, it is not really fit for the winter as it is lightweight...
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reviewed by Patrick Bromley Quote: "No one seems able to crack the problems inherent in turning Dan Brown's novel into a movie that works."
Secondhand Smoke (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The multi-storeyed and bland new buildings that make up an extension to Battersea Dogs' Home. A questing muzzle heart-breakingly visible at the bars of one room, but otherwise strongly reminiscent of an Ibis chain hotel. Bromley South, this is Bromley South. Recent tagging on the inner wall of the bridge at the country end of the platforms. The usual tightly squiggled signatures, then in the same script...
David Burke Photography (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Saturday the 14th November saw the wedding of Janine and Ryan at St Joseph's Church Bromley with the reception at The High Rocks in Tunbridge Wells. Sat the 14th also saw the first major storm of the autumn, with gale force winds and rain from the church service onwards, eventually calming down towards the evening. Janine and Ryan kept smiling throughout though, I could tell that the day meant so much...
Duncan Borrowman (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
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Stickleback (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
One of the conservative councillors in Bromley has turned out to be a racist. No surprise there. You can read about it in Anton Vowl's typically infuriated blog entry . Like me, he's not surprised at what the councillor said, or at the conservative party's condemnation, or even at the way the Daily Mail presented it. It's the reaction of commenting readers that gets him, but again, no surprises there....
A Western Heart (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Even in the British Conservative party "A former Tory Parliamentary candidate was suspended by the party last night after complaining that people bidding to become an MP did not have ‘normal’ English names. Councillor Peter Hobbins is accused of sending racist emails to colleagues attacking the list of prospective Parliamentary candidates for the Orpington seat in Kent. Mr Hobbins,...
Tongue Tied 3 (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Must not express a preference for Anglo names Even in the British Conservative party "A former Tory Parliamentary candidate was suspended by the party last night after complaining that people bidding to become an MP did not have ‘normal’ English names. Councillor Peter Hobbins is accused of sending racist emails to colleagues attacking the list of prospective Parliamentary candidates...
Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
...not quite the same as the old Tories: A councillor has been suspended from the Conservative Party after sending emails ranting that prospective parliamentary candidates do not have “normal" English names . And if that was the sum of it, it'd just be another excuse for the hard-of-thinking to drag out their 'racist' banners and swamp all forums. Oh, what am I saying? They will anyway....
From One End of Kent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From the other end of Kent, to this End of Kent comes news of the latest Conservative councillor to be found expressing racist views. Read all about it here . The Conservative Party are keen to downplay this incident, suspending Bromley Cllr. Peter Robbins and saying "There is no room for racism in the Conservative Party.” If only this were true. If the Conservative Party wants to be taken...
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Reviewed by Patrick Bromley Quote: "A movie that's solely about sex but doesn't know a thing about it."
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