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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.
Claire Hack »
Stuck for that perfect Christmas gift?
Posted on 1:46pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
How about a £20,000 book?
Janet Wright »
Trouble on your doorstep
Posted on 5:05pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
There's a new doorstep-collection scam operating, and it's a bit smarter than the usual ones. I've just had a leaflet through my door requesting bags of clothes and bedding for the "Children's Welfare Foundation". This organization claims to “provide help and support for terminally ill babies and their families”. Brings tears to your eyes, doesn’t it? I would love to bring tears to their eyes, as this is a cynical con-trick.
Flash Bristow »
Your local school needs YOU!
Posted on 5:07pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
"What's that large building at the end of my street?" That's what I often pondered as I walked my dog on Wanstead Flats. A large red brick building with "Leyton School Board" written on it, and pointy green iron railings all around.
Claire Hack »
It's all just rubbish
Posted on 3:28pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
Six months on, the Kier street sweeping row rages on.
Claire Hack »
From Leytonstone to Warsaw and back, via the local graveyard
Posted on 1:01pm Thursday 20th November 2008
Apparently, we could be stacking our dead one on top of the other in a matter of decades.
Claire Hack »
That Wednesday feeling
Posted on 5:38pm Wednesday 12th November 2008
It's that time of the week again - that time when any vague semblance of control over one's sanity goes right out the newsroom window.
Simon Munk »
Ban bags and boozes, not knives and thugs?
Posted on 10:06am Tuesday 11th November 2008
A local supermarket has banned anyone from taking shopping trolleys into their shop. You can't drink in the town square or surrounding area any more. What is it with this current rush to pettily prohibit all sorts of behaviour that isn't really hurting anyone? If you ask me (and hey, if you don't ask me I'll tell you anyway), these things are a diversion – so people can pretend, to themselves and the rest of us, that they're doing something about their problems, without actually doing anything too challenging about any serious issues.
Claire Hack »
Janet Wright »
Picture this
Posted on 10:11am Friday 31st October 2008
Walthamstow’s photographic society, founded in 1894, isn’t just one of the oldest in the country, it’s also one of the most successful. Its free annual exhibition is on this week at St Mary's Welcome Centre in Walthamstow village: weekday evenings and all day Saturday 1 November.
Claire Hack »
Heavens to Betsy, it's an early blog!
Posted on 3:53pm Tuesday 28th October 2008
As I'm going on holiday from tomorrow for the rest of the week and would, of course, never deprive the blogfan(s) of an entry, the usual weekly round-up of WFG frolics has been brought forward to today.
Claire Hack »
Champagne soirees and fond farewells
Posted on 4:48pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
If there's one thing I've learned, after attending a private viewing of an art exhibition last night, it's that free champagne is a dangerous thing.
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