Treat others as you would like to be treated By Nic Price on 17 September 2005 — 1 min read To promote their tv series The New Ten Commandments, shown in February 2005, Channel Four commissioned this sulpture by Sokari Douglas Camp. It’s called “The 11th Commandment”. It represents the most popular new commandment as chosen by the British public: “Treat others as you would like to be treated” (see also British Humanist Assocation on... More
Enid Blyton 1897-1968 By Nic Price on 22 July 2005 — 1 min read Enid Blyton 1897-1968 Popular writer of over 600 books for children 352-356 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich. Apparently she was born here. Thanks to Natalie for the nod. Now to start getting my head around this geotagging thing. More
A tagcloud for East Dulwich By Nic Price on 21 July 2005 — 1 min read I’ve set up a tagcloud for East Dulwich / SE22 Sources so far: del.icio.us/tag/eastdulwich del.icio.us/tag/se22 [Flickr] eastdulwich – Everyone’s Tagged Photos [Flickr] SE22 – Everyone’s Tagged Photos [Technorati] Tag results for East Dulwich [Technorati] Tag results for SE22 More
London Pride By Nic Price on 8 July 2005 — 1 min read London Pride has been handed down to us. London Pride is a flower that’s free. London Pride means our own dear town to us, And our pride it for ever will be. Oh Liza! See the coster barrows, Vegetable marrows and the fruit piled high. Oh Liza! Little London sparrows, Covent Garden Market where the... More
London bombs By Nic Price on 7 July 2005 — 1 min read What a difference a day makes. Yesterday London was united in euphoria following the success of the Olympic bid. Today I’ve heard words like shock, disbelief, grief, confusion, panic, calm. First there was talk of power surges on the underground. Then as reports came through of an explosion on a double-decker bus, the horrible truth... More
Teen ‘sleepwalks to top of crane’ By Nic Price on 7 July 2005 — 1 min read A teenage sleepwalker was rescued after being found asleep on the arm of a 130ft crane, police have revealed. Police and firefighters were called to a building site in south east London, after a passer-by spotted the girl. The unnamed 15-year-old had apparently left her home near the site, climbed the crane and walked across... More
Awesome! By Nic Price on 6 July 2005 — 1 min read The waiting is over. The Olympics will be in London in 2012. What a superb performance by Seb Coe and the team. Fantastic decision, fantastic news. More
Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner By Nic Price on 6 July 2005 — 1 min read I am a bundle of nerves listening to the live announcements of the IOC’s whittling down of the contending cities for the 2012 Olympic Games. Moscow, New York and Madrid have been voted out. It’s now between London and Paris… the decision has been made and will be announced at 12.46 BST. More
The Booth Notebooks – East Dulwich By Nic Price on 30 June 2005 — 1 min read Thanks to my neighbour John for pointing me towards Charles Booth’s Inquiry into the life and labour of the people in London, 1886-1903 (available online thanks to an award-winning project run by the LSE Library in 2002). It’s a fantastic catalogue of observations, including comments on leisure, migration, employment of women, poverty, class, crime, public... More
Lordship Lane pub crawl By Nic Price on 23 June 2005 — 1 min read If you’re looking for somewhere to have a cold beer or a bloody mary in East Dulwich, here’s a useful guide on the Lordship Lane page of the Open Guide to London. The great thing about the page and the site is that if you have something you want to add or edit you can... More