If ever there was proof needed that the people of Speakers Corner are dedicated (or crazy and obsessed) you would only have to look at today. Despite freezing temperatures and really heavy showers three Speakers dutifully turned out to entertain the crowds.
Well I say crowds, but to be honest there were only about 15 people [...]
Today about 1,000 students marched through central London calling for greater government action to tackle the increasing problem of youth unemployment. The group, called Youth Fight for Jobs started off at Malet Street surrounded by the University of London (where I have just finished as it happens) and finished across the river in Lambeth.
Although I [...]
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This morning at about 7.30 I was already awake and on the Tube heading to Westminster. Now I normally don’t do early mornings, especially on Sunday’s but today is a bit different. I have an American friend in town at the moment who was quite keen to [...]
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
- For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon
Tomorrow marks the official opening of the annual Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in advance of [...]
Tonight at 8pm hundreds of people gathered in Trafalgar Square for what was billed as candle-lit vigil against a recent spate of homophobic attacks in the capital. The vigil was arranged after a civil servant, Ian Baynham, was beaten to death in Trafalgar Square simply because he was gay. Hundreds of people, gay and [...]
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