Sunday was one of the few days where London isn’t awash with people who are simply out for themselves: for work, for money, for kicks. It was the London Marathon! I’ve always thought of the Marathon as being a lot like Tim Lovejoy: an irritating channel clogger on a weekend morning. It’s also a lot like [...]
Archive for April, 2010
With the Marathon!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged London, London Marathon on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With the Erosion of Soft Standards
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AnthonyGiddens, Daily Mail, journalism, London, society, The Sun on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So far, much of this blog has focussed on the physical environment of London and how it can be walked, viewed and generally abused. Despite all that, it’s clearly the people that make the capital what it is. With its kaleidoscopic variety of culture, history and takeaways, it manages to pull in folk from all over the world like [...]
With the City Heat (sans Clint)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Battersea Park, Green Park, Hyde Park, Summer, Sunshine, Tube on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week brought the first hot sunshine (as opposed to autumnal chilly sun) of the year. The experience of summer in the city is markedly different from that in the countryside, for obvious reasons. In many ways, summertime in the country is when it really comes into its own. You can walk, lie in fields, go [...]
