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Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Doubts raised over future of Plough Inn
Posted on 9:20am Wednesday 8th December 2010
SOUND Advice begins this week with yet more (possibly) sad news. The future of the Plough Inn, on Wood Street in Walthamstow, has been plunged into doubt.
Author Unknown »
ON THE BALL: Rooney, Bendtner & co. take note: Cole outburst is a refreshing change from the norm
Posted on 3:34pm Thursday 25th November 2010
YOU don't often hear rants from footballers in public. Not unless it's about the amount of time they're getting - or not getting - on the pitch or the amount of money they're being paid. In both cases it usually amounts to a player agitating for a transfer.
Author Unknown »
ON THE BALL: Capello loses the plot with England
Posted on 3:03pm Thursday 18th November 2010
FABIO Capello really has lost the plot.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: What's Cookin'? Go to Leytonstone and find out
Posted on 4:42pm Tuesday 16th November 2010
LEYTONSTONE promoters What's Cookin' return this weekend with another monthly show.
Author Unknown »
ON THE BALL: Redknapp's outburst a triumph for free speech
Posted on 4:29pm Friday 5th November 2010
HARRY Redknapp this week 'escaped' punishment from the Football Association for his post-match comments about Manchester United's controversial second goal during Tottenham's 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Jazz master rolls into Leytonstone
Posted on 1:19pm Tuesday 2nd November 2010
CLARINET master Tony Coe plays the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone next Tuesday (November 9).
Author Unknown »
WEST HAM BLOG: Grant must get selection right to get out of trouble
Posted on 11:00am Friday 22nd October 2010
WEST HAM head into Saturday's match with Newcastle on a four-game unbeaten run. But they still sit bottom of the Premier League table with five points. Go figure.
Ross Davies »
ON THE BALL: Rooney's statement shows lack of respect to Manchester United
Posted on 3:08pm Thursday 21st October 2010
WAYNE Rooney, it emerged this week, wants to leave Manchester United.
Author Unknown »
Who really cares about England after the World Cup?
Posted on 2:11pm Thursday 14th October 2010
BE HONEST, did anybody really stay in and watch England's woeful draw with Montenegro on Tuesday night?
Ross Davies »
RYDER CUP BLOG: Not bad for an exhibition, eh Rory?
Posted on 9:10am Friday 8th October 2010
BEFORE the Ryder Cup began last week, Rory McIlroy, one of Europe's big guns, described the bi-annual match with the United States as an 'exhibition', insisting the event was to be enjoyed but wasn't 'that important' to him.
Ross Davies »
ON THE BALL BLOG: Broken bones and ugly tackles - welcome to the Premier League
Posted on 11:12am Thursday 7th October 2010
JUST what constitutes a good tackle nowadays?
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: It's Woodford's time to shine
Posted on 6:35pm Tuesday 28th September 2010
WOODFORD is badly lacking in gig venues, but that's temporarily rectified this week with the many musical offerings of the Woodford Festival.
Author Unknown »
If Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are devaluing the Carling Cup by fielding reserves, then long may it continue
Posted on 5:26pm Sunday 26th September 2010
NOT BAD for a Mickey Mouse Cup.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Beady eyes on the Standard after its TV appearance
Posted on 5:37pm Tuesday 21st September 2010
First off, Sound Advice turns its beady eye to the Standard in Walthamstow, which this week played a starring role on the hit TV comedy The Inbetweeners.
Epping St John's »
Top teamwork puts racers on right track
Posted on 3:29pm Thursday 16th September 2010
THIRTEEN able, gifted and talented students participated in the formula schools electric car challenge.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: What's Cookin' is back (kind of)
Posted on 11:07am Tuesday 31st August 2010
THE new run of What's Cookin' nights at the North Star pub in Leytonstone kicks off this weekend.
Flash Bristow »
Does Wanstead Flats really need saving?
Posted on 5:12pm Tuesday 24th August 2010
There is currently a lot of controversy about the Metropolitan Police’s proposal to use part of Wanstead Flats for a briefing centre during the 2012 Olympics. I quite understand that the land should not be damaged, nor permanently built upon, but is the uproar for this one-off event really necessary?
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: A mighty show at the Fountain
Posted on 4:43pm Tuesday 24th August 2010
SOUL and R'n'B groovers The Mighty Dukes headline the Fountain bar in Station Road, Chingford, this Sunday (August 29).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Rock veterans unite in aid of rock
Posted on 3:23pm Tuesday 17th August 2010
A NEW trio of veteran musicians with more than 100 years of gigging experience between them are set to play their first gig together as a band in Walthamstow this Saturday night.
Daniel Binns »
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