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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.
Claire Hack »
We interrupt this blog...
Posted on 12:36pm Wednesday 21st January 2009
...to bring you news of a new dawn - a new era in human civilisation.
Flash Bristow »
Leytonstone's wonderful art space
Posted on 12:02pm Friday 16th January 2009
There's a wonderful art space in Waltham Forest. If you're in Leytonstone, it's staring you in the face. I bet you didn't even know it exists!
Claire Hack »
Janet Wright »
Official honour for William Morris supporter
Posted on 11:16am Thursday 8th January 2009
Congratulations to Peter Cormack, who received an MBE in the New Year Honours list for his services to art and heritage. It’s a fitting reward for a man who has dedicated his working life to the service of Walthamstow, as keeper of the William Morris Gallery. And it’s pleasing that the government itself has recognized the value of his work.
Claire Hack »
Failure! Horror! Catastrophe! Calamity!
Posted on 10:43am Thursday 8th January 2009
Well, not really. It's actually just a slightly late blog because I was tied up trying to finish off the two stories I managed to dig out of Tuesday's planning meeting.
Flash Bristow »
I've destroyed a work of art!
Posted on 1:44pm Friday 2nd January 2009
That title sounds dramatic, until you realise it was graffiti - by that upstart young Cartrain, no less. You see, a group of neighbours from Ferndale Area Residents Association are dedicated to keeping "our patch" clean. We hold regular litter picks, and paint over or wipe out graffiti. And last time out, I erased some of Cartrain's work. A sprayed "bomb" with George Bush's head in it was among the unsightly decor on a wall near to Leytonstone High Road overground station - and we painted over everything that was there.
Claire Hack »
Claire Hack »
Merry Christmas, one and all!
Posted on 9:10am Wednesday 24th December 2008
Or for those of you who won't be celebrating Christmas tomorrow - happy Wednesday!
Flash Bristow »
Leytonstone Christmas Market makes fake Lapland look impressive.
Posted on 3:54pm Thursday 11th December 2008
This year, there's a market in Leytonstone. Fantastic! It was promoted on the council's website as part of the "turning on the lights" Christmas events, and it runs for two weeks, from 8am to 8pm each day.
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