Category: London
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Great new blog: thepeopleonthetube
I found a great new blog today: thepeopleonthetube.wordpress.com. It highlights one of the things I miss about working/travelling/living in London – the diversity of people. From amazing clothes to knelling face down on the seats, you’ve got to love the people of London. I always say it’s impossible to really stand out in London, as this photo shows…
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96.99% reduction in crime.
How do you get a 96.99% reduction in crime around your home? Move from East London to West Sussex. It’s a shame my car and home insurance didn’t drop by the same amount.
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Leyton Orient vs Arsenal, 32 years later
To celebrate Orient’s cup tie against Arsenal in the Fith Round of the FA cup, here’s a piece by the Times from the last time they met in 1978, where they were defeated 3-0. Malcolm Macdonald scored twice, both times aided by a wicked deflection, before Graham Rix completed the scoring midway through the second half. Arsenal…
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The last resort – Little people project
A great new piece in Wandsworth by The Little People Project, going steady since 2006. Thanks to www.likecool.com and of course little-people.blogspot.com
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I love a good blue plaque
Roy Reed, of ReedDesign has very kindly individually mapped London’s 957-ish blue plaques . I get the impression it’s taken some time but is far more useful than the English Heritage alphabetical search. Have a look at them all at reeddesign.co.uk More at Roy’s blog and with thanks to londonist.com for telling everyone.
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Olympic Legacy
What the future holds, through the eyes of Diamond Geezer: 2013: West Ham kick off their tenantship of the Olympic Stadium with a Division 1 home match against Accrington Stanley. Fans bring binoculars. Read the full 11 year forecast of Spurs and West Ham’s future…
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Guerilla signs on the tube
Annie Mole, the brains behind the Going Underground Blog has been collecting examples of Guerilla signs on the tube from her readers. Highlights include “For a more efficient service, please alight at the next stop where a team of heaveily drugged sloths will drag you to your destination” and “Peak hours may necessitate that you…
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Pick a pickpocket to putpocket
It’s always good to read some positive news and this story about a campaign run by T-Mobile is interesting: News Blaze: You’ve Heard of Pickpockets, Putpockets Slip Money Into Unsuspecting Pockets The only downside I see is that the people who are being rewarded with free cash are the ones most likely to have it…
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GPS tracking on iPhone and Google Maps
One of the many applications on my iPhone is MotionX-GPS with gives you a lot of information from the GPS receiver built into the phone. It gives you proper long/lat coordinates for your position, calculates speed, direction and altitude and most interestingly can track your route over time and email you a Google Maps link…
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Wordsworth on the tube
This morning I was lucky enough to sit opposite a poem by William Wordsworth, titled “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. It was part of the Poems on the Underground series. EARTH has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This…