woolwich

Stand beneath the Thames once again.

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From brothels to Sharia rule in one news bulletin.

Weekend news. Featuring, in no particular order, a long lost statue, a fading media career, and an irate rapper.

We’re hoping polka dots before the eyes don’t put the shooters off.

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University of Westminster architecture student James Gardener has designed a series of interlinked islands that join together to form an inhabitable bridge across the River Thames between Woolwich and Silvertown. Called High Tide Street, the designs are purely conceptual and unlikely to be realised any …

Dancing City, 3 July, Canary Wharf Continuing its exploration of the elements, GDIF returns this Thursday on the theme of Earth, stretching to 10 glorious days of free arts festival. Bowled over by the huge programme, we picked out a few highlights: Greenwich Park hosts …

Rejected plan for Tesco ‘supermarket-led development’ in Bromley-by-Bow A sobering report in The Times illustrates the immense ambition that Tesco harbours of weaving itself into the fabric of society in this country. The scale of the supermarket behemoth’s proposal is huge. Evidently tired of colonising …

A press release from TfL dropped into our inbox yesterday afternoon stating that, thanks to the munificence of Mayor Boris Johnson and Greenwich Council, the Thames Clipper river service that plies between the O2 and Woolwich has been secured for at least another four years. …