COME AND BE COUNTED AT THE BIGGEST CLIMATE CHANGE EVENT
Stop Climate Chaos today announced the lively line up for its Saturday 4th November ‘I Count’ event held in London’s Trafalgar Square between 1-3pm. Thousands are expected to attend and ‘be counted’ at the free event that will take place on the eve of global climate change talks in Nairobi, demanding that the UK Government [...]
Read moreKing Creosote
I went to see the excellent King Creosote the other day at Shepherds Bush Empire supported by Larrikin Love (a bit like the Waterboys doing Libertines covers) and Peter, Bjorn and John (surprisingly underwhelming). Imagine my surprise as KC took to the stage to see that their multi-instrumentalist backing singer was none other than KT [...]
Read moreStyle Will Save Us
Our inboxes are brightened on a regular basis by newsletters from peachy green digital magazine Style Will Save Us. If ever proof were needed that green issues don’t have to be bland and second rate, SWSU provide a stunning multicolour panorama of all that is hip and happening. As they say on their website… “It’s [...]
Read moreHappy Birthday Seventeen!
Yes, Seventeen is one today! A bit of an arbitrary date, as Seventeen came about quite ‘organically’ – but a year to the day is when the first email was sent from my Seventeen account, so seems as good as any to celebrate. It’s been a brilliant first year (see the other pages for the [...]
Read moreThe Gherkin
Had a look round the “Gherkin” today (more properly known as 30 St Mary Axe). Even through the morning haze the views were astonishing and it was quite something to get such a unique, 360 degree, ear-popping view over London.
Read moreTurner Prize
We organised a soiree at Tate Britain last night for an exclusive preview of this year’s Turner Prize exhibition. About 300 avid art fans and Guardian readers showed up to ponder this year’s shortlist and learn a bit more about the work with tours from the exhibition curators.
The shortlist includes work from Rebecca Warren, Mark Titchner, Tomma [...]
Ethical Food Debate
Went to an interesting debate at the Garrick Theatre last night focussing on issues surrounding food in London – how to encourage households to prepare more food themselves rather than buying processed supermarket meals which are often high in salt and fat and pumped with additives. Ken Livingstone made some excellent points about the centralisation [...]
Read moreGreen Awards deadline extension
The deadline for entries to the Green Awards (www.greenawards.co.uk) has now been extended to this Friday – 6th October. Get your submissions in now! We’re looking forward to running the judging days next week. So far we’ve received a fantastic amount of very high quality work so there is sure to be some intense debate [...]
Read moreBowl and Sebastian
Went to a great Belle and Sebastian themed all-dayer yesterday at the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes. With live music from a host of indiepop bands - including the fantastic Monica Queen; DJs playing their favourite B&S tracks; karaoke; bowling (obviously) and an appearance from the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner, what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon! BBL [...]
Read moreLondon’s Living Room
I went to a great seminar on Friday afternoon organised by the North London Recycling Forum at the GLA building next to the Thames. Speakers included representatives from Ecover, Envirowise, London Remade, the Olympic Organising Committee and Ross Barry from the Britannia Wiper Company who gave a funny and thought provoking presentation on the reality [...]
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