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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.
Claire Hack »
All councilled out...
Posted on 5:34pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
I think I am officially all councilled out.
Flash Bristow »
"Reclaim the streets? Yeah, right!"
Posted on 9:38am Tuesday 14th October 2008
Did you go to Car Free Day in Leytonstone last month?
Claire Hack »
Venturing out into the (not so) big, bad world
Posted on 3:34pm Wednesday 8th October 2008
I've been out a-meeting and a-greeting in the last few days, which is unusual.
Claire Hack »
Be careful what you say around reporters...
Posted on 5:36pm Wednesday 1st October 2008
My colleagues have failed to learn that if they say something is "definitely not for the blog", I take that to mean "definitely for the blog".
Simon Munk »
Walthamstow after the oil runs out – what will it be like? Transition town coming soon
Posted on 3:38pm Wednesday 1st October 2008
What might Waltham Forest be like after the oil runs out… After the oil runs out?! The "Peak Oil" theory is complex, but put simply it's based on the fact that each oil well that's dug only has a certain amount of oil in it.
Claire Hack »
Goldfish: the surprisingly charismatic aquatic creature
Posted on 12:54pm Wednesday 24th September 2008
If I listed all the snippets of conversation FCR (that's Fearless Chief Reporter, for those of you who have forgotten) and my other colleagues have told me are "not for the blog", I would probably have a fairly comprehensive indictment of the level of (in)sanity in this office.
Claire Hack »
There comes a time in every blogger's life when a little hyperbole is called for
Posted on 4:59pm Wednesday 17th September 2008
It seems the borough's residents are destined to be buried under a mountain of uncollected rubbish, kicking and screaming beneath the cumulative filth - or something equally hyperbolic.
Janet Wright »
Pulped Fiction on the E17 Art Trail
Posted on 4:12pm Friday 12th September 2008
Why was I up at midnight last week, cutting out fake book covers into shapes that would never fit a book? I was working on “Pulped Fiction”, my contribution to the State of the Borough exhibition, on the E17 Art Trail.
Claire Hack »
Well, at least the world hasn't ended...
Posted on 1:47pm Wednesday 10th September 2008
The title, if anyone is unsure, is a reference to the huge experiment going on underground on the Franco-Swiss border at this very moment, using the Large Hadron Collider, which may or may not cause a black hole that will swallow the earth. But on to less apocalyptic things.
Simon Munk »
Big Town Plan? Walthamstow needs Kevin McCloud
Posted on 10:54am Friday 5th September 2008
Is anyone else watching Kevin McCloud And The Big Town Plan?
Claire Hack »
Frustration, contemplation and end of probation
Posted on 5:48pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008
The news week begins again and so far I've found myself thwarted at almost every turn.
Claire Hack »
Knife culture claims another life
Posted on 5:56pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Another young man has been stabbed to death in Walthamstow.
Caramel Quin »
How not to make our streets safer
Posted on 10:50am Friday 5th September 2008
This morning I’m pondering how we make our public spaces safer. Why? Because I wandered out to the farmer’s market, with my baby daughter, to discover the whole of Walthamstow town square and gardens cordoned off by police lines.
Janet Wright »
Listed building left to rot? Don't worry, it's the council's.
Posted on 11:27am Thursday 28th August 2008
A beautiful listed building has been damaged and is being left to decay, putting the safety of its users at risk. Don’t worry, you may say, the council can order the owners to maintain it. Tough luck, it’s Waltham Forest Council’s own flagship library in Walthamstow town square.
Claire Hack »
Dogs, and fires, and death! Oh my!
Posted on 5:07pm Thursday 21st August 2008
A fire, an assault, the closure of the Stow and an inquest - it's been a busy couple of days in Waltham Forest.
Simon Munk »
Class and campaigns – posh toffs versus working class Walthamstow
Posted on 9:24am Tuesday 19th August 2008
I've several times, by members of the public, councillors and council officers been told that the people fighting to save the EMD/Granada, the Stow, the market, the William Morris Gallery and Vestry House Museum and against a massive Primark on the Arcade site are middle class (and therefore somehow ignorable).
Flash Bristow »
NHS experiences in Waltham Forest.
Posted on 9:19am Tuesday 19th August 2008
It feels like I’m always up at Whipps Cross these days, visiting the hospital.
Janet Wright »
Save our iconic landmark
Posted on 9:18am Tuesday 19th August 2008
Walthamstow dog track looked like a symbol of the whole town, the day it closed.
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