Tag Archives: SW11
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Facebook for your street?
I’ve managed to hear about Streetbook through a few different sources now, and have to say it’s an interesting prospect. I’ve long been jealous of some of the hyperlocal communities that exist out there (like Harringay Online) and wished that something similar existed here, to the extent of even having informal chats with some of [...]
The SW11 Literary Festival
Last night saw the formal end of the SW11 Literary Festival with the closing event at Recipease in Clapham Junction. The event itself was fantastic, seeing the announcement of the winners of the recipe competition (which will all be part of a cookbook) along with some great food and company. But I really wanted to [...]
Be on the fourth plinth
Well… not quite… but this Sunday between 12 noon and 1pm Wandsworth will be represented on the fourth plinth in the shape of the Clapham Junction Town Centre Manager – Lorinda Freint. And while you can’t get up there with her personally, you can get your message there. Lorinda will be promoting the SW11 Literary [...]
Battersea Poems
The launch of the SW11 Literary Festival takes place tomorrow night, which made me think it’s probably a good time to highlight Battersea Poems again. Taking the text directly from the literary festival programme: Text in your poem and be part of creating a biography of SW11 written by you, the people who live, work [...]
SW11 isn’t really a burglary hotspot
Unsuprisingly a lot of people have asked me about the story on the BBC website suggesting that SW11 is a ‘burglary hotspot’. Rather pleasingly I’ve been able to tell them the story is an absolute nonsense. An unfortunate example of a journalist cutting and pasting a press release (this time from moneysupermarket.com) and pretending it’s [...]
Text in your Battersea Poems
I mentioned Battersea Poems in my weekly wrap-up last Friday and the service is now live. It’s good to see there are a few poems on there already – you can read them (and hopefully be inspired to write your own) on the Thumbprint City website. If you want to submit a poem you just [...]
Last night’s SW11 Tweet-up
It was with some nervousness I went along to The Goat last night for the Tweet-up. I left having had a glass or two of wine too many but having spent an excellent evening in a fine put with good company. Having never been to one (which really put me at a disadvantage for organising [...]
