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Top five tips for safe cycling in London this weekend
Features, Life World, Uncategorized Apr 6, 2012The Body Adorned: Expressing ourselves through dressing
Features, Uncategorized Apr 2, 2012
The Body Adorned Pic: The Horniman Museum
Why do we wear what we wear? Does the way we dress have deeper meaning or is dress superficial? What influences our choice of dress? These are just some of the questions asked by the people behind The Horniman Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘The Body Adorned’. (more…)
Anti-Street Harassment Week
Features, Society Mar 19, 2012
Pic: stopstreetharassment.org by Holly Kearl
The first International Anti-Street Harassment Week began yesterday. Running from March 18-24, volunteers in countries from Britain and America, to Egypt and India, will raise awareness and encourage people to share their experiences.
Street harassment varies in character. It may be wolf-whistling, sexual comments, following, and even grabbing. Any behaviour directed towards a person in a public area, and which causes them discomfort, can be regarded as street harassment. (more…)
Brockley: the hidden jewel in South London’s crown
Features, Features & People Mar 18, 2012
An elaborate mural on Coulgate Street, Brockley pic: Ewan Munro, flickr
Halfway between Shoreditch and Croydon, Brockley is perfectly placed to be the next up-and-coming corner of growingly desirable South East London. (more…)
Lords and MPs debate the Health and Social Care Bill
Features, Health Mar 13, 2012
protests against the bill pic: Martin Thomas, flickr
EastLondonLines reported live on the changes taking place in the NHS as the House of Lords and MPs debated the Health and Social Care Bill on March 13. (more…)
Sweet success: Urban beekeeping in south and east London
Features Mar 7, 2012
Pic: Alfie Tate
When you think about beekeeping, you may think of a lone hive with bees flying to and fro in a sunny rural idyll. So you may be surprised to learn that south and east London have become beekeeping hotspots.
Over recent years urban beekeeping has become increasingly popular, with apiaries (that’s hives to you and me) popping up on top of buildings around London. And who can resist the thought of your own hive which, with a bit of effort on your part, will reward you with fresh, natural honey? (more…)
Smut, grand pianos, and the Underground: comic Adam Kay
Features, Features & People Feb 28, 2012
Pic: Isabelle Adam
It has been 7 years since Adam Kay reached that rather unusual crossroad where he was forced to choose between becoming a consultant following his medical degree at Imperial College, and another, slightly riskier option – capitalising on the success he had achieved in the London comedy circuits as one half of comedy duo ‘Amateur Transplants’.
A cut throat profession: the dying art of sword swallowing
Features Feb 24, 2012
Open wide! Pic: littlefishyjes
Most people won’t be surprised to hear that sword swallowing is a dying art. But for the daring few who make a living from it, this Friday is a chance to show the world that there’s more to this cut-throat profession than meets the eye. (more…)
Woodberry Down: bright future, visible social divide
Features, Housing, Politics & Power Feb 20, 2012
New builds on the north side of the estate. Pic: Koos Couvee
On Hackney’s Woodberry Down estate, old grey Soviet style blocks mix with the brown brickwork characteristic of post-war council housing. But on the west side of Woodberry Grove, three bedroom flats are sold for £700k.
Could abstinence be the answer for sex education in Lewisham?
Features, Uncategorized Feb 17, 2012
The lynchpin of standard sex education pic:robertelyov
A way to tackle teenage pregnancy in Lewisham is to teach young boys and girls abstinence education along side sex and relationship education from an early age. This is the view expressed by Darna Sepaul, Manager of Woodpecker Youth Centre in Lewisham who will help run the ‘Say NO to Teen Pregnancy’ workshops starting next month, in an attempt to reduce the high number of teenage pregnancies in the east London borough. (more…)
