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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October 23, 2009
The NFL hits London
This Sunday the NFL returns to London for its third regular season game which will see the New England Patriots face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now i’m the first to admit I just don’t “get” American football, i’ve tried watching it in the past but quickly got bored, especially with all the stopping [...]
October 17, 2009
Bodies in Urban Spaces
Today saw a really odd event hit London – Bodies in Urban Spaces, by Willi Dorner. Basically its a piece of public art/dance where around twenty dancers explore a part of a city, in this case the London Bridge area of London, creating human sculptures along the route.
It’s quite a frantic event really with each [...]
October 16, 2009
As the night draws in…
I think this is my favourite time of year in London. The temperature drops a little bit and you can feel autumn setting in. But I think the main reason I like this time of year is that it starts to get dark a little bit earlier. That tends to mean that as I’m leaving work [...]
October 14, 2009
Something a little different…
OK so this is a bit different from what I usually post, but much of last weekend was devoted to food so I thought I would do a short post on my foodie weekend. As i’ve mentioned before my brother Edd is a real foodie, so when he comes to visit we tend to focus [...]
