London agenda for Tuesday 28 February
1. Celebrate everything that the Netherlands has given to the world at Double Dutch [Run Riot]
2. Watch the always fabulous Book Slam, tonight featuring Book Slam short story writer Jon McGregor and poet Francesca Beard at the Tabernacle [Don’t Panic]
3. View Montreal playwright Francois Archambault’s ‘morality play with no morals’ The Leisure Society [Time Out]
4. Meet Charles Dickens, amateur magician [Ian Visits]
5. Walk beside Pen Ponds [Tired of London]
28 Feb 2012
Tin Tone Guitars of Stoke Newington
A featurette on John Free, proprietor of Tin Tone guitars in Stoke Newington.
27 Feb 2012
Close-Ups by Torches
Noisy London upstarts Crushed Beaks and Torches are releasing a split download single, featuring covers of each other’s songs. First up is the latter’s version of the former’s Close-Ups. Celebrate with both bands at Power Lunches, E8, March 10th.
27 Feb 2012
London agenda for Monday 27 February
1. Hear Django Django at Xoyo [Le Cool]
2. Watch the amazing Ursula Martinez’s live routine, My Stories, Your Emails [Run Riot]
3. Try out the new Boris bus on Route 38 (Victoria – Hackney) [Time Out]
4. Discuss the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and England at the LSE [Ian Visits]
5. Visit St George the Martyr [Tired of London]
27 Feb 2012
26 Feb 2012
Annoying habits of Londoners #3: Holding the door open
If someone’s right behind or in front of you, or carrying loads of stuff, by all means hold open the door.
But what I’m observing, on an almost daily basis, are examples of doors being held open for unencumbered people 5 yards and more away.
This puts the recipient of the opened door in a very difficult position. Do they:
a.) continue walking at the same pace, thus making the door opener wait a little longer than feels socially acceptable.
b.) do a little shuffle run to the open door, thus making themselves look terribly ungainly.
Both these options are worse than if the door was allowed to close and the second person just opened it themselves. We can all open doors, it isn’t that hard. Here’s my rule:
If you’re not sure, close that door!
Annoying Habits of Londoners #2: Being upset when strangers gawp at you
Annoying Habits of Londoners #1: Applauding at the cinema
Five most annoying habits on London’s public transport
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24 Feb 2012
Occupy LSX exercise freedom of speech by holding "vigil to the death of freedom of speech"
Eviction could happen this weekend. Their message about wealth inequality still resonates. The “freedom of speech is dead” message – not so much.
Photo – @OccupyLSX
24 Feb 2012
London agenda for Friday 24 February
1. View the eclectic schedule of the Reel Islington Film Festival [Le Cool]
2. Delve into the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall for a group exhibition featuring work from British and Chinese artists at Full Rabbit [Run Riot]
3. Listen to the ‘steam-punk-meets-‘60s-flower-power mash-up’ of the Noise of Art [Flavorpill]
4. Watch a full orchestra at the Roundhouse perform Berlioz’s mammoth Romeo and Juliet [Don’t Panic]
5. Spend the weekend in the future at Hyper Japan [Time Out]
6. Grab a slice of the south at the Scramble for Antarctica [Ian Visits]
7. Attend a late opening at the Guildhall Art Gallery [Tired of London]
24 Feb 2012
London agenda for Thursday 23 February
1. See Victorian spiritualist expert Cynthia Beaumaris invoke formidable characters from that era at Hoxton’s Most Haunted. [Le Cool]
2. Listen to two new chamber pieces of writing for solo performance by Melanie Wilson and Gemma Brockis [Run Riot]
3. View a retrospective of works by Lis Rhodes including four decades of her often radical and always experimental video treatment at the ICA [Flavorpill]
4. Find out something about Eats Everything at the Star of Bethnal Green [Don’t Panic]
5. Discuss why life is so dull that we need crap books on vampires, zombies, and werewolves at Fantasy v. Reality [Ian Visits]
6. Eat at Leila’s [Tired of London]
23 Feb 2012
Don't miss tonight: Outfit
This Liverpool band’s icy, low key pop is ideal for a cold London night like tonight.
They are supporting Double Denim and Hush at the Royal Albert’s Elgar Room.
22 Feb 2012
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