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Claire Hack »
The protest that wasn't
Posted on 4:33pm Wednesday 1st April 2009
I love students. They can be relied upon for a great many things - not just getting drunk and sporting ill-advised haircuts and/or charity shop purchases, but also getting hot under the collar about political issues and waving placards that reflect this. And this is why I love them this week.
Janet Wright »
Two futures for Walthamstow
Posted on 2:42pm Friday 27th March 2009
Please get to the Sunday 29 March cinema meeting if you can! It starts at 4.30pm, St. Mary’s School Hall, Rectory Road, Walthamstow. This could be a real chance to rescue Walthamstow town centre.
Claire Hack »
Meeting and greeting
Posted on 5:00pm Wednesday 25th March 2009
It's my turn to go out and face our adoring public this week.
Claire Hack »
Sunshine and shadow
Posted on 5:27pm Wednesday 18th March 2009
It's spring at last and that means all sorts of things start springing up, as if from nowhere.
Claire Hack »
Bones of contention...
Posted on 4:55pm Wednesday 11th March 2009
The row over LGBT history celebrations in schools continues to do the rounds this week.
Flash Bristow »
If we’re going to tackle “Enviro-Crime”, let’s be positive about it!
Posted on 1:40pm Friday 6th March 2009
“We’re wiping out enviro-crime.” This is the bold statement declared on banners across Waltham Forest, accompanied by an anonymous hand wiping out graffiti. "Fly-tipping, littering, graffiti and dog fouling are ruining our borough". In other words, “This borough is being ruined”.
Janet Wright »
Drug centre plan dropped - for the moment
Posted on 1:05pm Friday 6th March 2009
Good news: the plan to open a drug-users' centre in St James Street Library has been dropped. Congratulations to all who protested, at the demo outside the closed library, by email or in this week's crowded community council meeting. But don't relax and think it's all over.
Claire Hack »
Doom! Dooooooooooooooom!
Posted on 3:39pm Wednesday 4th March 2009
Sometimes, I really think we must be living on the point of the apocalypse - economic collapse, fuel all but gone, death, violence, mayhem.
Claire Hack »
A season of privation begins
Posted on 4:31pm Wednesday 25th February 2009
Sadly, we've had no stories of tap dancing ex-KGB grandmothers or globe trotting former elbow disorder sufferers and neither, indeed, have we had any tales of life-saving retired circus monkeys.
Flash Bristow »
Planning for summer already? It can only be the Leytonstone Festival!
Posted on 2:30pm Thursday 19th February 2009
It may be cold outside, but tucked up in a warm corner of the Epicentre, an enthusiastic group meets to plan this year’s Leytonstone Festival.
Claire Hack »
A change would do us good
Posted on 3:49pm Wednesday 18th February 2009
I think we need to stir things up a bit.
Janet Wright »
Give our children books, not drugs!
Posted on 4:39pm Friday 13th February 2009
Protest outside St James Street library building, Coppermill Lane, 10am next Wednesday morning 18 February. Children especially welcome.
Claire Hack »
No news is good news
Posted on 4:05pm Wednesday 11th February 2009
It is, dear blogfans, that time of the week again.
Janet Wright »
Come to Walthamstow...
Posted on 12:20pm Wednesday 11th February 2009
...but not if you have anything good to bring or money to spend! And if you live here, go away. That’s Waltham Forest council’s message, as far as I can work it out. While our amenities are closing down all around us, the council is eager to provide new ones – unwanted by local people -- for groups from outside the area.
Janet Wright »
Save our sole cinema
Posted on 3:49pm Friday 6th February 2009
What would you like to have in the heart of Walthamstow? A magnificent Art Deco cinema surrounded by shops and cafes, or a centre for a controversial religious group surrounded by traffic-choked streets?
Janet Wright »
The milk must get through
Posted on 3:07pm Wednesday 4th February 2009
When I looked out at the snowy landscape on Monday morning, there was already one set of footprints up to my door. Dustmen, recyclers, even buses were out of action – but, as always, the milkman had got through.
Simon Munk »
True grit in Walthamstow this winter
Posted on 3:11pm Wednesday 4th February 2009
There was plenty of sign of true grit in Walthamstow over the last few snowy days. Just none, sadly, displayed by the council.
Claire Hack »
SNOW!
Posted on 11:07am Wednesday 4th February 2009
Having snowed a bit on Monday, it naturally followed that the whole country ground to a halt.
Claire Hack »
Just another ordinary week in Waltham Forest
Posted on 2:22pm Wednesday 28th January 2009
It's all kicking off this week.
Flash Bristow »
"If I can't figure it out, what's a tourist meant to do?
Posted on 1:03pm Wednesday 28th January 2009
Whacky routes. That's what you get from Transport for London (TfL)'s journey planner, as I found out recently when on a trip with Radio 4's Peter White.
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