How the Tour de France encourages internet piracy
Due to the lack of availability of high quality content that does what I want, I’ve most likely ended up watching illegal uploads. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about the usually four-yearly sporting event, the Olympics. They started up in their modern form in Athens, Greece in 1896.
Due to the lack of availability of high quality content that does what I want, I’ve most likely ended up watching illegal uploads. … Read the full post »
I’m all for encouraging gardening. More gardening can make people healthier, benefit the environment and improve the local area. … Read the full post »
Wards Corner in Tottenham is the site of one of those markets, deeply rooted in the local community and highly distinctive, that add so much to its surrounding area. … Read the full post »
Jonathan Calder has the welcome news that Liberal Democrat run Islington Council has stepped in to the controversy over Labour-run Hackney Council’s decision to ban the launch of a book by Iain Sinclair. … Read the full post »
Chris Hoy’s thighs each have a circumference of 27 inches. That’s four inches more than Victoria Beckham’s waist. … Read the full post »
In a letter sent to the Prime Minister today, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg calls the decision to award the Olympics to China a “mistake”. … Read the full post »
London Mayor Boris Johnson has reneged on a pre-election promise that only hotels and restaurants paying a ‘London living wage’ would be promoted by Visit London ahead of the 2012 Olympics. … Read the full post »
Journalists in China for the Olympic Games were unable to access the website of Amnesty International as it released a report criticising China’s human rights record. … Read the full post »
In a Radio 4 interview this morning, Boris Johnson was asked about the costs of the Olympics and claimed a key document doesn’t exist. But it does. … Read the full post »
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) were criticised for omitting security, tax and contingency costs. … Read the full post »