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Secret Supper Preview : Asian Vegan @ Full House

If you’ve ever been flummoxed by a dinner guest’s dietary requirements then fret no more, since Shoreditch’s newest secret supper club Full House are running a special Vegan evening on 12th May, where hostess Bonnie will ably demonstrate how to make delicious treats for your …

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Duck House On The Thames

A 10ft duck house was floated past the Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon by Vote for a Change. With Westminster still grappling with the fallout from the expenses crisis and MPs griping about Sir Christopher Kelly’s expenses recommendations, the attention grabbing plan was for grand …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 13th April 2002: As many as 15,000 demonstrators gather in Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square to protest against Israeli military action in the West Bank. Tuesday – 14th April 1471: During the Wars of the Roses, the Yorkists …

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London Heading For A “Summer Of Rage”?

Image courtesy of Tim Bradshaw under a Creative Commons licence The media’s been in a bit of tizz since the Met’s head of public order, Superintendent David Hartshorn, said in the Guardian yesterday how he expected a “summer of rage” to hit the capital. He …

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Photographer Not a Terrorist

Wearing stickers reading “I’m a Photographer NOT a Terrorist”, hundreds of photographers gathered in front of New Scotland Yard yesterday to exercise their simple right of taking a photo. The media event was organised to highlight the threat of a new UK law which could …

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Give Bees A Chance

The humble bumble been hasn’t been having a good time of it lately. This year saw the worst honey crop on record and the poor blighters are dropping dead and no-one really knows why. Soon there won’t be any left to fight terrorists or investigate …

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Anonymous V Scientology: “Cult” To Be Swarmed By Pirates On Saturday

Yarrrr! Those Anonymous guys we reported on a while ago are still going strong in their campaign to expose the dodgy practices and nasty tactics of the “Church” of Scientology, and they’re planning to make June as enturbulated as possible for the Xenu-believers, with this …

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Olympic Torch Relay In Pictures

One of the enthusiastic Olympic buses by Orhan. The Olympic Torch Relay is all over the news this morning for the wrong reasons as far as the organisers and host country are concerned. Was the police presence over egged or was security not tight enough? …

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Amnesty International Recreate Guantanamo Bay in London

Last Thursday, Amnesty International brought Guantánamo Bay to London’s American Embassy to mark 6 years since its opening and, more importantly, to raise the profile of the campaign to close the notorious detention centre. A replica prison cell was installed outside the Embassy and an …