#Londoners

Rory Meakin

rorymeakin

Prime minister Boris Johnson is apparently 'ballistic' that @RBKC have started removing their High Street Kensington cycle lanes, half way through installing them. Unsurprisingly, because RBKC's decision is monumentally stupid,

Ben Hogan

IronJawHogan

Thanks for that, Cress (from Oxford).The last Commissioner to be born in London was Sir Edward Henry (retd 1918).I assume the new policy will also put an end to the

Clarissa Reilly

clarescastle

THREAD on reopening our shop. Sales: brilliant first day, then deathly quiet for 7 days. Possibly people saw photos of crowded London shopping streets + were scared. This weekend has

Crystal Ferreira

cfthisfootnote

In 1893, Edvard Munch recalled that he had been out for a walk at sunset when suddenly the setting sunlight turned the clouds "a blood red". He sensed an "infinite

Neal Shasore

IntrWr

Legacies of empire, racism and colonial exploitation can be concealed and complicated. Back to Lord Leverhulme. He bankrolled CH Reilly @LivUniArch, it’s dept of Civic Design and its journal, the

eleanor careless

elcareless

most memorable food scenes from novels i have read this year, a thread: The Lost Children Archives, Valeria Luiselli: long fries dipped in ketchup and mayo at the Dixie Cafe

Railton LTN

RailtonLTN

Today is a big day for the #RailtonLTN, because it's the day that the first Equalities Analysis of the new LTN is published.Put simply -- it's a report looking into

professional overheater

makokaazo

WE, THAT IS TO SAY NATIVES FROM THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CONTINENT, LITERALLY FUCKING TOLD YOU THIS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARSIT WAS NEVER A 'MYSTERY' YOU WERE JUST LITERALLY

@HackneyDownsLTN

hackneydownsltn

Yesterday, we said that #LTNs were part of the solution, but not the whole solution. This is a thread about what it means, tactically, to campaign for something that is

François Westcombe

fwestcombe

TFL/Mayor of London today launched the first online cycle training course for Londoners to give more people the confidence to start cycling (see https://cycleskillsonline.tfl.gov.uk/ ). A friend recently asked me for

Oliver Carrington

olliecarrington

Distract yourself with the '12 #CharityCharts of Xmas', the best #volsec #dataviz I've come across in 2020Featuring... @TheKingsFund @CitizensAdvice @RunnymedeTrust @TrussellTrust @nfpSynergy @LondonFunders @NPCthinks @360Giving

Carl Packman 💭

CarlPackman

I've seen it said today: the "UK faces worst economic hit in 300 years as coronavirus damage to last until 2024". What terrifies me just as much is the hit

Municipal Dreams

MunicipalDreams

1/ THREAD: the London Loop, sections 13 and 14, Harefield West to Moor Park to Hatch End. A largely rural stretch, mostly in Hertfordshire. Cheating slightly to start with, interwar

journalsofapandemic

jrnls_pandemic

One of our diarists, Chelsea McDonagh, writes on the impact of Covid-19 on the travelling community. A thread 1/ People have a very stereotypical view of Travellers which is usually

Brendon Rodriguez-Udy

BrendonUdy

Write your FUCK IT script: a thread (1/14)Screenwriting, at least for me, is equal parts soul-fulfilling and terrifying. You bleed on the page, never quite knowing if it will connect

London Parklet Campaign

LondonParklet

Happy Saturday everyone! Here's some thoughts for the weekend on ownership…Who owns our streets? Our neighbourhoods? Who was the right to make changes? To plant trees? Chop down trees? Add

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