24 Jan 2015 Greater London National Park 10 mile walk I can’t quite remember how, but a few months ago I heard about this idea of making London into the first National Park city in the world. That’s pretty much all it took to get me on board. It sounded…
29 November 2014 Crisis UK Winter Swim Photos/Video I saw this tweet from Furzedown Tweets yesterday, whom I follow as they tweet about local events. #Tooting weekend ideas no. 2: dive in @tootingbeclido tomorrow for @crisis_uk Midwinter Swim: http://t.co/5cLAcsA9tx pic.twitter.com/JfcXcKUY8G — Tooting Daily PRSS (@TootingPRSS) November 28, 2014 Please click…
22 June 2014 The Trip – Jeff Mills + A Guy Called Gerald http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/jeff-mills-the-trip-83719 We weren’t sure what to expect from this. Dance music at the Royal Festival Hall? Not allowed to stand up, for starters. What would the atmosphere be like? When we got to the Southbank Centre we…
London 21 June 2014 People’s Assembly against Austerity March http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/ People’s Assembly Twitter Feed There was little press coverage about this march, nothing from the BBC, I complained as have others. An estimated 50,000 people attended. Francesca Martinez’s speech was moving and peppered with ‘Fucks’ and all the better for…
26 April 2014 #dhfc, Twitter @DulwichHamletFC Well, football is the new clubbing and all the hipsters are doing it. Given how anarchic, fun and colourful the Dulwich supporters are (and quite a few have been my friends for years) I would be have had to be at death’s door not…
05 April 2014 Dulwich Hamlet vs Wingate & Finchley #dhfc, Twitter @DulwichHamletFC I have very mixed feelings when it comes to football. Growing up in Brazil it was obligatory to love it. Well, it was for a teenager, teenagers mostly want to fit in. My mum was never very keen…
14 August 2013 British 10km London It has been a wonderful Summer, properly hot! I even have a tan and we have been to the Lido! Not with you, you never really want to do anything with us anymore… Jeff has been training for a 10km race, for a charity.…
10 October 2012 Olympics 2012: July – Sep The games finally got on the way after years of expectation. They have been and gone and it’s been fun. There was so much controversy surrounding it all, but in the end it was a big success… It started with the Olympic…
Thursday 7th of July 2005 London Bombings Today turned into a complete nightmare of a day! Angela has been staying at our flat for a little while, as her and Michael are moving to Liverpool. Michael went first as he had a job and she stayed down here until she…
The motorbike accident – Wednesday 27/11/02 I was walking to Highbury & Islington Station on Holloway Road at around 8:05am and was about to cross Furlong Road when I saw a Scooter on the other side of the road (going towards Archway) collide with a blue car, who was turning…