23 Sept 2011
The Conspiracy Theories Day Conference is not just happening Sunday. It goes way way way up the ladder..
The Conspiracy Theories Day Conference at Conway Hall will bring together sceptics, humanists and hopefully secret agents from other planets to discuss what conspiracy theories are, why we believe them and what theories, if any, actually hold any water.
23 Sept 2011
New dot London web address could play havoc with city's bloggers
Boris and team want to procure a dot London web address for the city. I don’t know how we ever managed without one, frankly. But what’s a London based website to do? Snipelondon.london? That’s too many Londons.
Anyway, if this goes through, I’m going to register hotlondon dot london and alondonerslondonforlondoners dot london at the earliest opportunity. With these, I shall make my fortune.
23 Sept 2011
Reading list for the first autumn weekend
With Autumn snugness closing in, it’s all about hibernating with a good book.
23 Sept 2011
London agenda for Friday 23 September
1. Head to the Whitechapel Gallery for the Art Book Festival [Le Cool]
2. Bask in the culture of the Deptford Visual Art Festival [Run Riot]
3. Make love to the sea at Choose Your Own Adventure! Atlantis [Don’t Panic]
4. Act like Harry Potter or something at the 5,237th annual Druid Order Autumn Equinox Ceremony [Time Out]
5. Eat through Malaysia at the Night Market at Charing Cross [Ian Visits]
6. Meet the deer at Golders Hill Deer Pen [Tired of London]
23 Sept 2011
22 Sept 2011
It's almost as if this city is trying to make us do something stupid
This weekend, Oktoberfest arrives in Shoreditch Park. From there, the annual London Tattoo Convention is but one short drunk Overground journey away at Tobacco Dock. You can’t fight the scheduling gods, people. Just try to keep it tasteful.
22 Sept 2011
The Josh Hall Column: Oh, how Nick Clegg wishes he were President Bartlett
What a glorious pantomime the Liberal Democrat Conference was. Half cult assembly, half beautifully executed exercise in collective delusion, it made for horrific yet compulsive viewing.
22 Sept 2011
Some things you notice when you catch the first tube of the day
The time is 5.35am, and London awakes. Markets are laid, pigeons peck at discarded kebabs, postmen…well actually postmen are probably still asleep. But some poor mugs set off to work. I am frequently one such mug. This is what I sleepwalk through.
22 Sept 2011
Apparat: A journey from East Berlin and Bryan Ferry to electronic romantism
The only thing between myself and Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) as we chewed the fat on topics ranging from his over-use of percentages to the link between creativity and smoking was the thick layer of dust on my 17’ PC monitor, a broadband connection and boat loads of binary.
22 Sept 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
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