war on terror

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Tour De France Prologue: Five Publicity Caravan Moments

Given that a member of Transport for London’s Special Projects Team had assured us in his interview only a couple of weeks ago that the celebrated Tour De France publicity caravan would be commencing its parade around the Prologue circuit at 1:30 pm last Saturday …

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London Protest: Down With This Sort Of Thing

Londonist loves a good protest; they’re excellent for the constitution. Nothing like a nice amble all the way from Speaker’s Corner to Trafalgar Square with 60,000 (or 2,000, or 100,000, depending on who you listen to) of your fellow Londoners, while carrying an “amusingly” modified …

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Clangers to fight Guerrilla War in 2020

The Americans are going back to the moon and this time they want to stay: US space agency Nasa has said it plans to start work on a permanently-occupied base on the Moon after astronauts begin flying back there in 2020. The base is likely …

Extra, Extra

In case you missed it earlier: The Met have pleaded not guilty to health and safety charges relating to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. It’s a ‘test case’ apparently. Police patrols at churches and mosques in London have been stepped up following the …

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Dubya implicated in Knife Attack

As much as we love blaming stuff on George W Bush even we can’t quite accept that as part of the war on terror he’s handing out stabbing implements to London’s construction workers: A Southfields thug slashed a man across the face with a knife …

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Motortown

“I don’t blame the war. The war was alright. I miss it. It’s just you come back to this.” Motortown opens tomorrow night at the Royal Court Theatre – a new play by Olivier Award Winning playwright Simon Stephens (Best New Play 2006 for On …

Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse

Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi. SFist can finally admit it: It’s possible that Bary Bonds juiced. Is Bay Area artist (tempted …

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Jean Charles de Menezes Memorial Update

We’ve been kept up to date on the Jean Charles de Menezes memorial debacle thanks to the Onionbagblog. First there was a mural and then there wasn’t. Then there was a flag, but now that’s gone too. After the story was picked up by the …

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3 Months At His Blairship’s Pleasure

Another test for Tony Blair today as MPs vote on whether it’s a good idea to throw out laws that have stood for 300 years, helped define us as a democracy and give each and every one us the right to avoid imprisonment without trial. …

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Midweek Music News

Right, no messing about, there’s a hot ticket in town, and it’s to see Sufjan Stevens play an acoustic gig in the intimate surroundings at KCL, Surrey Street, on 31st October. Tickets available online by clicking here, and they’ll cost you a relatively hefty £14.85 …

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Bags Of Freedom

Ways to show we are not intimidated or scared by the London bombings #2756-190: by carrying all our stuff in specially designed clear plastic bags. The Freedom Bag purports to be an ideal tool to combat terror as it will allow the common tube traveller …