Football is a bit of a departure for the Londoneer, but as I’m off on a week-long adventure to Portugal today what better time to talk about their prospects in this year’s Euro 2012 competition, and how far the England team might get… I’ll be watching tomorrow’s Portugal vs Czech Republic clash in a sportsbar […]
Ken v Boris: Tracking Social Media Mentions of London’s Political Rivals
As former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said: “A week is a long time in politics”. Experienced politicians Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, the two main contenders in today’s London Mayoral elections, are well-aware of this maxim and you can be sure that their campaign teams are continuing to check public reactions to the […]
Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Really Dying or is Someone Telling Porkies?
A recent survey by the Museum of London suggests that the use of Cockney rhyming slang, a tradition which originated with the market traders and street vendors of London’s East End in Victorian times, is gradually dying out. As successive generations become attuned to different nuances of a constantly evolving language, it appears that Cockney […]
Reinventing London’s High Streets
As you know, even in London we’re seeing record numbers of high street store closures at the moment and believe me, we’re the lucky ones – in the most hard-hit towns across the country every third store is shuttered (my home town of Dudley being a particularly pointed example – even the likes of Marks […]
Get Ahead Of The Games Takes To The Road
Following on from the release of the public transport maps, the Get Ahead Of The Games website now has an interactive heatmap predicting the impact of the London 2012 Games on the road system around the Olympic Zones as well as a pdf of the controversial Olympic & Paralympic Route Networks, which you can find […]
Adult Learning Opportunities In London
A guest post from Jade O’Donoghue, who has just completed her MA in Journalism at Brunel University and is the web and social media editor of the UK’s number one course database, Hotcourses. [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s every Londoner knows, there are bundles of things you can get up to in London. From museums, to musicians, there’s something […]
A New Road Tunnel & Ferry Route For East London
Following on from my post over the weekend on the cable car that will connect the Greenwich Peninsula with ExCel later this year, London’s Mayor Boris Johnson has just announced plans for more transport links across the Thames. A new road tunnel will connect the Greenwich Peninsula with the Silvertown area (where the Brunner Mond […]
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