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The folly of Right To Buy.
August 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The folly of Right To Buy.
The Trial (1962) was Welles' best film and is one of the best films of all.
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
August 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Trial (1962) was Welles' best film and is one of the best films of all.
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
The cultural offer is low in Stratford town. A cinema & a theatre shut and the one time theatre/venue next to Stratford High St station is long silent. It's welcome news that the Prince Charles Cinema is looking to move here (to the ex Picturehouse?) but where are the indy theatres & music venues?
August 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The cultural offer is low in Stratford town. A cinema & a theatre shut and the one time theatre/venue next to Stratford High St station is long silent. It's welcome news that the Prince Charles Cinema is looking to move here (to the ex Picturehouse?) but where are the indy theatres & music venues?
A chimera for Conservatives wanting to win.
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A chimera for Conservatives wanting to win.
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
1- 14 August
1- 14 August
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
1- 14 August
1- 14 August
Government - there is a simple message you are not communicating.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
July 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Government - there is a simple message you are not communicating.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
Jay Rayner, like all big London food writers, shows his tongue doesn't stretch beyond Shoreditch. 'I'll go to the country's very extremities to review restaurants. But Leytonstone.'
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
July 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Jay Rayner, like all big London food writers, shows his tongue doesn't stretch beyond Shoreditch. 'I'll go to the country's very extremities to review restaurants. But Leytonstone.'
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
'Anti-Social Behaviour' is often the reason given to withdraw services.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
July 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
'Anti-Social Behaviour' is often the reason given to withdraw services.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
North Circular Road (Edmonton) - today
July 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
North Circular Road (Edmonton) - today
East Suffolk Council has the best council logo (2019). Sky, grass, sea, sand for the Lowestoft and Felixstowe local authority.
Soon to be subsumed into a larger council in forthcoming Local government reorganisation (LGR). The new council's image will doubtless be more mundane.
Soon to be subsumed into a larger council in forthcoming Local government reorganisation (LGR). The new council's image will doubtless be more mundane.
July 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
East Suffolk Council has the best council logo (2019). Sky, grass, sea, sand for the Lowestoft and Felixstowe local authority.
Soon to be subsumed into a larger council in forthcoming Local government reorganisation (LGR). The new council's image will doubtless be more mundane.
Soon to be subsumed into a larger council in forthcoming Local government reorganisation (LGR). The new council's image will doubtless be more mundane.
Wanstead Flats, after Friday's fire.
Epping Forest.
Epping Forest.
July 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wanstead Flats, after Friday's fire.
Epping Forest.
Epping Forest.
If people need to sleep on Wanstead Flats, let them.
July 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If people need to sleep on Wanstead Flats, let them.
Wanstead Flats fire aftermath at 4pm today.
Unless it rains, I would be surprised if there are not more fires on the Flats. The grass is dessicated and golden.
Unless it rains, I would be surprised if there are not more fires on the Flats. The grass is dessicated and golden.
July 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wanstead Flats fire aftermath at 4pm today.
Unless it rains, I would be surprised if there are not more fires on the Flats. The grass is dessicated and golden.
Unless it rains, I would be surprised if there are not more fires on the Flats. The grass is dessicated and golden.
16 to 1 on a Tory majority at the next GE looks good odds. It's the Tories; they've been going since 1834.
Such is predicated on a collapse (falling out, scandal, failure on a high-profile issue all possible) in Reform UK support before then.
Remember, UKIP was at 25% in an Oct 2014 opinion poll.
Such is predicated on a collapse (falling out, scandal, failure on a high-profile issue all possible) in Reform UK support before then.
Remember, UKIP was at 25% in an Oct 2014 opinion poll.
July 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
16 to 1 on a Tory majority at the next GE looks good odds. It's the Tories; they've been going since 1834.
Such is predicated on a collapse (falling out, scandal, failure on a high-profile issue all possible) in Reform UK support before then.
Remember, UKIP was at 25% in an Oct 2014 opinion poll.
Such is predicated on a collapse (falling out, scandal, failure on a high-profile issue all possible) in Reform UK support before then.
Remember, UKIP was at 25% in an Oct 2014 opinion poll.
