Tag Archives: Battersea
A slogan for Battersea
Sort of following on from yesterday. The SW11 Literary Festival launches later today and this year’s competition is to come up with a ‘slogan for Battersea’. It follows a similar pattern to last year’s Battersea Poems. Text Battslog and the slogan to 07786 202844 (charged at standard rate) or tweet them with a #battslog hashtag. [...]
Whither Battersea? Or anywhere?
I love things like this. It is the geek in me. The map above is from a project called Boundaries by Tom Taylor (and thanks to Robert Brook for bringing it to my attention). It essentially takes the data that flickr users input when they upload their photos. While there’s complicated background to it which [...]
Living in Patricesy
I’ve come to terms with being grumpy, even begun to appreciate the advantages it offers, so I make no apologies for my grumpiness about Battersea-deniers. My latest run-in with them came on Twitter, with Giraffe Restaurant (based on Battersea Rise, Battersea, SW11) who were advertising a quiz night at “Giraffe Clapham”. Being grumpy, and having [...]
Northcote Carnival
I was astounded at the scale of yesterday’s Northcote carnival. Although I’d seen the programme and heard about some of the preparations (and, of course, went last year) I wasn’t quite ready to see almost the entirety of Northcote Road so dramatically transformed. I spent a few hours with the council’s community safety team and [...]
Northcote Carnival
It’s the second Northcote Carnival this weekend. Sunday sees a day of events on a closed off Northcote Road. Despite only being the second year this year has seen it get much bigger, as well as boasting the usual markets, stalls and entertainment it all has two stages (a gauntlet thrown down for all the [...]
Postcards from the edge (of Wandsworth)
Apparently I “enjoy stories about particularly important events, and [I]‘d like something sensible.” So the Wandsworth Stories website – Balloons, Spies, Asparagus and other Wandsworth Stories – tells me after taking it’s little quiz (and I’ve not ordered a free postcard, I can’t help feeling it would be improper). It’s a fascinating site, with little [...]
Advertorial: Streetbook
I’m aware how it seems advertising a service like this, and I’ve advertised Streetbook before, but while I’ve been away I noticed that it is starting to take off a bit with people starting to post on the forums and a few small discussions starting. It’s a new service, so it’s not there yet, but [...]
Reflecting on the council elections
Today I (technically) start my fourth term as a Wandsworth Councillor after a long and hard election. It’s been an interesting campaign. There’s no shortage of commentary about the national campaign, so I will add little to it, suffice to say I’m pleased to see Justine re-elected in Putney and Jane elected in Battersea. Obviously [...]
Six hours in…
My good intentions look to be dashed, it has been hectic and non-stop since seven. So the idea of updates during the day was clearly over ambitious. I’m tapping this out over a quick sandwich. Turnout has been high, the weather kind and the mood great. Remember polls are open until 10pm and it only [...]
The battle-less election
Less than a week to go until polling day now and my election buzz still is starting to kick in. I can only speculate on why it took so long, that it might be things like age (I’m now a family man and supposedly more mature) or that we’ve just been campaigning constantly for so [...]
