London

About London

mimo — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:01:55 +0100

We all know that London is a world city – the UK’s economic powerhouse, financial centre and prime terrorist target. There are currently around 7.5 million Londoners (however, in 1939 there was London’s peak in population terms with 8.6 million people living here)at present London is a city of extremes and diversity: almost 2/3rds come from non-white ethnic minority groups (95% of those moving to London since 1995 not being born in the UK) and some inner city areas over half of the children are living below the poverty line…
...many books/websites have been written about London, but we are not here to recite them – we are here to encourage you to go out there and discover and experience London for yourself!

STREET ART AT TATE MODERN

baux — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:18:54 +0200

“Play with the city” (wonder where they got that idea from?) is the name of the Nissa QASHQAI ad campaign and Nissan is sponsoring a series of street art themed events held around the tate modern – it looks interesting. click here for more info

Urban Street Hunt

baux — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:11:10 +0200

Shoot Experience are organising an Urban Street Hunt on Saturday 12th July 2008 as part of the London Architecture Festival – click here for more info

The Cans Festival

baux — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:10:31 +0200

The Cans Festival – a street party of stencil art…brought to you by Banksy and friends
follow this link for more details: www.thecansfestival.com

London's first ever knitty treasure hunt

baux — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:49:18 +0200

So – we were taking part in the first ever knitty treasure hunt put on by iknit on Worldwide Knit In Public Day which was on 14 June 2008 – we have added all our photo’s onto flickr – you can check them out here

Cruel 2 B Kind Game 12 April 2008

baux — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:02:26 +0200

We played our first game and it was a great success.
We had seven team and lots of fun…we captured some of the players on camera so you can have some fun too…listen to them below:

Team BSR:

Cruel to B kind - game

baux — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:00:14 +0100

Cruel to B kind

Join us to find out when we play our first urban game*!

To play we need a minimum of 5 teams and teams should be a minimum of two people. If you don’t have a team-mate, let us know and we’ll fix you up in a team.

There will be prizes for all teams.
And its free – so no excuse not to play!
Exact gaming instructions will only be sent to those who sign up: urbaneer@googlemail.com

See you then!
And yes, there will be a party afterwards!

Dancing on the Bridge event

baux — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:21:27 +0100

Dancing on the Bridge: Millenium Bridge: 2.30pm on 1 March 2008

come dance on the bridges of London – bring your i-pods, mp3’s or join the buskers and muscicians and explore London through dancing

millennium bridge: 2.30 pm on 1 March 2008

organised by students of Central St. Martins

Bayswater

baux — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:26:53 +0100

Bayswater is one of London’s most cosmopolitan areas with the significant diversity of the local population added to by having one of London’s biggest concentration of hotels. The names derives from Bayard’s Watering, a place where the Westbourne stream crossed Bayswater Road. The name is possibly based on the Bayard Family who once lived in the are. The area is now well known for Samuel Pepys Cockerell stucco houses in crescents and squares. Notably, there is a significant Arab population towards Edgware Road, a large number of Americans, a substantial Greek community attracted by London’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the area is also a centre of London’s Brazilian community and a substantial local population.

Whitechapel

baux — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:20:37 +0100

Whitechapel is a rapidely changing area in East London. Famous for a poverty striken history and intrisically linked to Jack the Ripper and the Elephant Man. The “Elephant Man”, Joseph Carey Merrick (1862-1890) was exhibited in a shop on the Whitechapel Road before being helped by Dr Frederick Treves (1853-1923) at the Royal London Hospital, opposite the actual shop. There is a museum in the hospital about his life. The area still remains thoroughly working class and the Bangladeshis are the most visible migrant group there today. Whitechapel is home to many aspiring artists and shoestring entrepreneurs.