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Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: What's hot on the local scene this week
Posted on 2:50pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Rock band foursome Phyrexia, Reaping Havoc, Prometheus and Bleeding Oath play the Standard in Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, on Thursday (August 5).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: The ghost of John Lennon to play the Sheepwalk?
Posted on 4:53pm Tuesday 27th July 2010
LEYTONSTONE promoters What's Cookin' have a summer shut-down show this Saturday (July 31) before they all go and take a well-earned break.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: There's still some tunes to get out of the Leytonstone Festival
Posted on 11:42am Tuesday 20th July 2010
THERE'S a lovely bounty of local music this week with the last few days of the Leytonstone Festival.
Flash Bristow »
Absent friends
Posted on 4:01pm Friday 16th July 2010
You don’t know who you will miss until they are gone. In my case, it’s the street cleaner. She’s gone on holiday, and although I miss her friendly chats, I’m also bothered by the rapidly mounting piles of dog mess in my road.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: The Leytonstone Festival is where it's at
Posted on 5:43pm Tuesday 13th July 2010
THE highlight of the local music scene this week is undeniably the Leytonstone Festival, with a large amount of tunes sent to gush forth from all kinds of places across town from this Thursday (July 15) for the next ten days.
Author Unknown »
Why Holland's World Cup victory over Uruguay was a triumph for football
Posted on 4:34pm Wednesday 7th July 2010
DID anybody else delight in watching Uruguay throw the toys out of the pram after they had been dumped out of the World Cup by Holland last night?
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Puppini performance planned
Posted on 3:29pm Tuesday 6th July 2010
STEPHANIE O'Brien from retro pop trio The Puppini Sisters headlines the Sheepwalk pub in Leytonstone with a solo set next week.
Author Unknown »
What we must do to halt England's painful pattern at major tournaments
Posted on 1:17pm Friday 2nd July 2010
Did we really believe it would end any differently?
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: No need to sleep in urine or eat mud to enjoy local music
Posted on 3:43pm Tuesday 22nd June 2010
DIDN'T manage to get a ticket for the 40th ever Glastonbury Festival this weekend? Fear not!
Flash Bristow »
Disability’s on the agenda in Waltham Forest
Posted on 5:18pm Friday 18th June 2010
Over the last few weeks the needs of older and disabled people has really moved up the agenda in Waltham Forest with several campaigns taking off.
Ross Davies »
The ultimate guide to the World Cup
Posted on 5:17pm Wednesday 9th June 2010
This is the sports desk's guide to this month's World Cup in South Africa.
Ross Davies »
Our brave Three Lions have been let down by Capello
Posted on 1:17pm Thursday 3rd June 2010
HE was supposed to be different. Our knight in shining armour, riding to the rescue after his two predecessors had failed us so badly.
Ross Davies »
How to win the lottery...of penalties
Posted on 12:31pm Thursday 20th May 2010
Penalties. The make or break lottery that so many clubs – and countries – have been or will be subjected to this summer.
Daniel Binns »
Ross Davies »
England's World Cup dilemma - who deserves to go to South Africa?
Posted on 1:07pm Thursday 13th May 2010
THIS week Fabio Capello picked the 30 players he thinks can bring home the World Cup for England this summer.
Author Unknown »
Why there needs to be a compromise on the play-offs
Posted on 2:06pm Friday 7th May 2010
THE regular Football League season draws to a climax this weekend. But for a select few there will be plenty more to play for in the days and weeks ahead.
Janet Wright »
A BETTER WALTHAM FOREST IS POSSIBLE
Posted on 2:53pm Tuesday 4th May 2010
Uninspired by the Tweedledum-and-Tweedledee party politics of Waltham Forest? Don’t boycott the election: one of the best ways to freshen up this borough’s stagnant political pond is to vote for an independent or small-party candidate. Read their manifestos and see if they speak for you.
Janet Wright »
VOTE FOR ST JAMES STREET LIBRARY
Posted on 10:37am Tuesday 4th May 2010
This week’s council elections offer a once-every-four-years chance to vote for the services you want to keep or get back. And in my part of Walthamstow, the one we miss most is St James Street Library.
Author Unknown »
Capello would be foolish to overlook Parker for England
Posted on 2:23pm Friday 30th April 2010
WHEN Fabio Capello names the 23 men he believes can win England the World Cup in South Africa on June 1, there is one name that should be included that, up until now, has been so far ignored.
Ross Davies »
These Premier League referees just aren't up to the job
Posted on 10:58am Monday 19th April 2010
The competence, or lack thereof, of top league referees has long been a bone of contention of mine.
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