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Janet Wright »
And the trumpet shall sound
Posted on 4:57pm Thursday 27th August 2009
Alleluia! Walthamstow has got our award-winning brass band back, just in time to celebrate its centenary – and a string of prestigious wins. East London Brass has had a terrific year, including a hat-trick of first prizes and a place in the national brass band finals. Now its chances of winning the big award rest on raising enough funds to take the band to Harrogate in September.
Claire Hack »
Less a blog...
Posted on 9:46am Wednesday 26th August 2009
...more an announcement. From about 10.30am this morning, I will be in the Horizon cafe in Leytonstone High Road. This is at the corner of Burghley Road, near Lloyds TSB.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Ready for some gritty exhilaration?
Posted on 1:15pm Tuesday 25th August 2009
LIFE is returning to the gritty, exhilarating world of underground music this week as people slowly emerge bleary-eyed from their summer hols.
Claire Hack »
You can please some of the people, some of the time...
Posted on 11:34am Wednesday 19th August 2009
On Monday last week, I paid my second visit to Branches Homeless Hostel, in Leytonstone, where I met three very different men who are all down on their luck for very different reasons.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: No need to be blue - Gillespie are coming
Posted on 5:07pm Monday 17th August 2009
At the Standard Music Venue in Walthamstow this Thursday (August 20) Guardian favourites the Maharajas take to the stage to perform their hilarious and insanely catchy crunchy-rock melodies.
Flash Bristow »
What happened to our tree wardens?
Posted on 3:01pm Friday 14th August 2009
I was sad to read that Waltham Forest is felling trees instead of maintaining them.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Slim pickings again as everyone enjoys Britain's BBQ summer
Posted on 1:42pm Tuesday 11th August 2009
SLIM pickings again this week locally, as many bands, promoters and venues take some time off to enjoy our irritatingly-named "BBQ summer."
Janet Wright »
The curse of Waltham Forest
Posted on 12:39pm Friday 7th August 2009
Worried about black magic and evil spirits? Or just worried about people pushing cards through your door claiming to deal with these? Either way, Waltham Forest council may have an answer for you -- a predictably useless answer, needless to say.
Claire Hack »
Who's afraid of the religious wolf?
Posted on 3:39pm Wednesday 5th August 2009
The high-profile terror trial of the men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic flights is finally coming to a close this week.
Daniel Binns »
SOUND ADVICE: Just because everyone's on holiday doesn't mean the 'choons have gone away too
Posted on 12:40pm Monday 3rd August 2009
IT'S the summer and no-one is here. Or so you'd think. Most music venues up and down the land are currently having some well-earned time off from all the loud drums and screaming bearded men with missing teeth.
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