9 days ago
philgyford : West End Whingers - I'm enjoying this blog's theatre reviews. Intelligent but down to earth and nothing too obscure.
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philgyford : How does it feel to be loved? - london club night playing indie pop, northern soul, tamla motown, girl groups, sixties heartbreak - Sounds like an awesome club. Not that I ever go to clubs.
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1 month ago
philgyford : Remember to breathe: Catching up a bit - I'm loving Eric's account of being at LISPA. Nicely written and very reflective. He's the father of someone I was there with until July, and is now doing the course himself!
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deusx : Software Craftsmanship 2009 - Home - "This conference is all about the principles and practices, and the disciplines and habits, that distinguish the best 10% of software professionals from the 90% who are failing their customers and failing their profession by taking no care or pride i
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philgyford : Photographic collection homepage from London transport museum - More than 16,000 historical photos of London, nicely browsable. You can even add comments to each one. Would be nice if they enlarged bigger, but otherwise fab.
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Richard Rutter : Me loading stock with Phil Baines - On Gill’s Stanhope letterpress. Typography awesomeness..
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Rod Begbie : Campaign: Atheist Bus - In response to offensively fire-and-brimstoney religious groups' ads on the sides of London buses, a comedian started a campaign to run ads saying "There's probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." After 24 hours, they've exceeded their de [via] #
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4 month ago
philgyford : The School Of Life - Homepage - "A new cultural enterprise based in central London offering intelligent instruction on how to lead a fulfilled life." A religion without religion? Intriguing. (via Kottke)
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4 month ago
deusx : The Worlds End - Camden - the pub that the Worlds' End Inn was based on in The Sandman comics. had a few beers there last year.
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5 month ago
philgyford : BBC News | England | London | Smithfield market plans refused - A couple of weeks old. Phew. I'm not against redevelopment if it's not going to be more glass offices and same-old shops.
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philgyford : JPMorgan plans Europe HQ in Canary Wharf - International Herald Tribune - Yay, they've ditched plans for their massive HQ on London Wall, which would have destroyed some of the public highwalks. (Three weeks old.)
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5 month ago
Linkorama : Wealth of Networks Event - With each step in how computing networks have emerged, first connecting machines and then connecting people, the value has increased exponentially.
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5 month ago
philgyford : Last Call, Bohemia: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com - Christopher Hitchens on gentrification, New York's West Village, London's Soho, etc. (via Kottke, yes I'm catching up on a lot of Kottke)
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6 month ago
philgyford : LRB · Iain Sinclair: The Olympics Scam - Very good long article on the 2012 London Olympics and its effect on East London. I was getting won over by the Olympics until this reminded me how I really feel.
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philgyford : Frobisher Crescent : Coming Soon - Work has started on 69 new studio, 1, 2 and 3 bed flats in the Barbican. Pointless un-informative Flash site.
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6 month ago
philgyford : 285 - London’s Lost Rivers « Strange Maps - Idea for public art project: Brass markings on roads, pavements, buildings, etc. that mark the path of the rivers that are now hidden. (via Ted Mills)
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7 month ago
philgyford : Drivers of Change - A thing from Arup that would be directly up the street of me eight years ago. And maybe sometime in the future. (via City of Sound)
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7 month ago
Rod Begbie : chumby > london tube status - Even though I don't live in London, I like having this pop up on my Chumby. It's just a nice way to feel ambiently connected to the UK. #
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8 month ago
philgyford : Corporation of London - Development & planning - Planning applications - Proposal to create a brand new flat at the bottom of one of the Barbican towers, in a "void space". See the PLANNING REPORT for some pics.
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8 month ago
philgyford : CR Blog » Blog Archive » The Disappearing World of Soho’s Independent Record Shops - I was on Berwick St the other day, but didn't go down far enough to see the demolition opposite Somerfield. I so hope they hang on, but then I buy MP3s over CDs whenever I can, so... (via Alan Connor)
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9 month ago
philgyford : Your London - Living - "This website lets you search for food businesses across London to find out the hygiene rating they achieved from their last food hygiene inspection." Am I Being Poisoned Or Not? (via Haddock)
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9 month ago
philgyford : Vote Match - Help to decide who to vote for in the London elections. For me it says: Paddick, Livingstone, Left List, Greens... Still hard to decide. (via Haddock)
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philgyford : BSA Actor Training - Part-time courses in London from somewhere I haven't heard of. (I keep meaning to collate such places in a post. One day.)
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philgyford : We Are The Lambeth Boys - Really, really lovely 1959 documentary by Karel Reisz about young men and women at a London youth club. Fascinating for both similarities and differences to now. Do watch. 49 mins.
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philgyford : Cityofsound: Robin Hood Gardens is not the same as a digital model of Robin Hood Gardens - Dan Hill's excellent summary of the protest going on over plans to demolish the London housing estate. I hope they renovate rather than destroy.
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