It’s Thursday night in a town hall in Brixton, South London. Hundreds of people mill around, steel drums play, bottles of fizzy ginger are generously given away. In this time of giant banks and an insistently globalised economy, I am here to celebrate the launch of the Brixton Pound: England’s fourth local currency. While most of [...]
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A few weeks ago, I found myself crossing the River Thames and entering a working boatyard on Eel Pie Island, a renowned creative and cultural quarter in London. Here, for two whole days, I had full run of an artist’s studio. I had sheets of metal and a hammer, paint brushes, a huge slab of [...] I’m swimming The English Channel. Well okay, not literally, but quantitively. My gym has launched ‘Channel Challenge’ where we sign up and keep tally of our lengths between now and the end of August, aiming to rack up 21 miles in total. When I first saw it advertised, the idea was intriguing. I asked a [...] I was the columnist in The London Paper last week, suggesting that the recession is a good thing. Readers vote on whether they want more of you… and 96% did. I also had many comments calling this point of view “refreshing” and “inspiring”. In this, I hear a whispered hope for a move away from [...] |
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