I love funky stuff. Funky people, funky events, funky places - I absolutely eat that shit up with a spoon. Give me a day in the Village or Cambridge or Camden Town or anyplace with vintage boutiques, ethnic and vegetarian eateries and a crowd of outrageous dye jobs, and I am a blissed out, happy girl. On rare occasions, I've been known to expose a bit of the funky depths of my persona. Thinking back...
edie awards 2009 The edie awards recognise environmental excellence within projects and individuals. Winner of edie green personality of the year was Franny Armstrong, who has made some landmark independent films (McLibel, The Age of Stupid, Baked Alaska and Drowned Out). Her most recent project is 10:10, a campaign which aims to cut 10% of the UK's emissions within 2010. Launched in September 2009,...
This Is London report a new menace on the roads of London. It seems that a new generation of "intelligent" speed traps are being introduced as another way of raising money and making London's roads even more hazardous. These new average speed camera systems will be used to track cars over a wide area - such as a housing estate - instead of the old fashioned Gatso type that just flash at one...
John Myers is one of those people gifted with enough creativity in their minds combined with an exceptional talent in creating wonderful music. The Camden Town-born mulit-instrumentalist/vocalist is no stranger to the world of popular music. Gaining much popularity as a record producer and as a songwriter, his works already have been featured in some of popstars making waves today such as Kylie Minogue,...
London's Camden Market is perhaps one of those markets that has always been overlooked by tourists who favoured the more famous Portobello Market at Notting Hill. A pity considering how much Camden Market has to offer. Someone should really commission a movie with Keira Knightley as a Camden Town girl making it good singing at its pubs (think Amy Winehouse without drugs and less booze). Tuck into a...
I belonged to a storytellers group just outside of Camden town many many years ago. Then the babies arrived and I had to back at home in good time in the evenings. But I loved listening to good stories told...
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Yum Cha's name has been tossed around whenever I asked for recommendation for affordable dim sum in London. Rather than to return to Royal China (my current favourite) for afternoon dim sum, we decided to hop on to Northern Line and head towards Camden Town to try out Yum Cha. The first thing that struck you when you reach Yum Cha are the posters that promises huge discounts (up to 50%) for dim
Tori Amos will promote the release of her new album Midwinter Graces [review] with a free show at the 350-capacity Jazz Café in Camden Town, London, on December 2. This is likely to be the only time that Tori plays her winter solstice-themed material in the UK, at least until next winter. Entry to the [...]
The fabulous Lucky Soul are to showcase new material at an intimate preview of their second album, A Coming Of Age, on December 1 at the Monarch in Camden Town. Preceded by the first single and live favourite, ‘White Russian Doll’, on January 11, the follow-up to 2007’s acclaimed The Great Unwanted is scheduled to [...]
Babelgum Metropolis is looking for the globe’s best and edgiest artists for what is being termed'the world’s biggest art show'. Winners will have their work shown on giant advertising screens this December in Times Square, the neon heart of New York City. Out of the notable nominees is Luke Jackson's Goodbye London video, directed by Murray John. The video features a mix of stop motion...
This morning I was officiating at the ordination of Tim Dalton, a new teaching elder in our Camden Town church plant. I spent half an hour wandering the streets looking for the pub where the church meets. I had not realised they had changed pubs since my visit a year ago. I think seven elders laid on hands and prayed for Tim. We were not all Presbyterians as his father took part and he is a retired...
Here are the reported incidents at 7:30 on 5 November for the Tube system: PICCADILLY LINE: Suspended between South Harrow and Uxbridge due to a signal failure at Rayners Lane. Minor delays are occurring between South Ruislip and Acton Town. NORTHERN LINE: Severe delays are occurring between Camden Town and Edgware due to an earlier faulty train [...]
A lucky shopper will scoop a £1,000 prize by shopping in Camden this Christmas - that’s the amazing cash reward Camden Council is offering visitors to the borough. We're doing this because we want to attract more day trippers, shoppers and tourists into Camden to buy presents from local independent businesses – so helping traders through the recession.The council’s Christmas...
Regular readers will know I have long had a bit of a man-crush on Boris Johnson, the delightfully unrestrained mayor of London. Today, we learn of his latest exploits : It seems he chased a bunch of tween-aged, hoodie-wearing girls down a road in Camden Town, wielding an iron bar one of the oiks (as he called them, shouting after them) had dropped whilst menacing an environmentalist filmmaker who...
You don't know a person until you've commuted with them. Oh, you may think you know them. But nothing illuminates a person's character like an arduous journey in conditions of adversity. This doesn't work for every act of commutation, and in some cities metro-boulot occurs with such choreographed serenity as to offer no insight at all. Where I live however, plenty of examples. For instance: How do...
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