The Historic Royal Palaces in partnership with the Royal Mint Museum opened a new permanent exhibition at the Tower of London on Friday, 24 May 2013. Coins and Kings: The Royal Mint at the Tower explores the story of the Mint during the years it was based at the Tower,…
In Shoreditch a monthly meeting called the Roundabout Kids has started to bring young entrepreneurs working in the the tech scene at the Silicon Roundabout together. Alex Nguyen and friend Vishal Ladwa thought it would be a good idea to have meetings for young professionals who want to start up…
The South London Press, one of the famous titles in London’s print media, is supporting Local Newspaper Week, by emphasizing the role of local papers as “being essential to democracy.” The paper has had a turnaround in fortunes and is bucking the trend in local paper closures and rationalization after…
A Deptford housing cooperative now accommodating 120 people continues to thrive in “a crisis” London housing market described as desperately short of affordable private renting and home ownership. In the last fortnight renters across London have staged protests against disproportionate fees and rents charged by letting agents. At a speech…
A substantial drop in the number of high earners employed by Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham have been noted in a national survey of council employee remuneration by The Taxpayers’ Alliance. In 2011-12 Hackney Council reduced the number of employees earning more than £100,000 from 21 to 11. Tower Hamlets,…
Beekeepers and honey bee experts in East London Line Boroughs are on the front line of a national crisis in the insect’s population and doing everything they can to halt its decline. Bees are vital to pollination for the country’s multi-billion pound agricultural industries. At the same time an urban…
The 170 Community Health Project is calling for volunteers to assist with their fresh fruit and vegetable stall, the Eat a Rainbow Food Co-op. The project seeks to support the community by promoting cost effective access to healthy food. Eat a Rainbow Food Co-Op is a branch of the 170…
Stop Criminalising Hackney Youth, a campaigning group monitoring the policing of young people, is questioning the roll out of Metropolitan Police tasers in the Borough in the light of controversial incidents elsewhere of suspects being injured or dying during “taser arrests.” East London Lines reporter Saskia Black has been given…
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Action for Croydon’s Environment is on the front-line of volunteer groups battling to protect green spaces in Croydon. They are part of a national umbrella organisation called The Conservation Volunteers, founded in 1959, in response to large areas like playing fields, allotments and nature parks being sold off by UK…
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“Blood Stained Headlines– the Woolwich Murder
“Blood Stained Headlines– the Woolwich Murder and Multicultural Life” by Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths The deafening frequency of the sirens on Wednesday night was reminiscent of London after the 7th July bombings as the police cars and vans hurtled down the New Cross Road towards Woolwich. It is the soundtrack…
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