i'm putting on a reading group for which it seems the best meeting time and place will be 6pm on saturday somewhere in south london - anyone got any suggestions for a location reasonably suitable for quiet discussion that'll hold 15-20 people?
[oh also, i took that st james' park bridge visit recommended upthread, and v nice it was. i also visited some of the myriad bookshops of charing cross road - some nice things to be seen, but tbh i think i probably have unreasonable dreams about what a second hand bookshop could be.]
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
hey, i lost my book somewhere in london in the past couple of days. bump this thread if you spot it.cheers!
― documentary about titties OST (+ +), Thursday, 27 October 2011 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
xp The Horse Bar at Waterloo has an upstairs room that if it's not booked could be ideal - you'd be on your own up there so it would certainly be quiet. The main bar can be pretty quiet on a Saturday but I wouldn't guarantee it.
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Thursday, 27 October 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
Are there any travel agencies that do good, relatively inexpensive tours of London? I have fifteen Russian teachers coming over next week and they've asked if i can suggest an excursion programme for them for the weekend.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Thursday, 27 October 2011 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that room upstairs at the Horse will be pretty good, there are sofas that can moved round as well if I remember correctly.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 27 October 2011 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
does anyone know of a newsagent in the Westminster/Victoria area that stocks or might stock the New York Review of Books?
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
Errr, where's the best place to get a replacement stylus? (Specificaly one for a Shure m44g). The only place I can think of is West-end DJ, but looking at their website they seem a bit pricey, and I don't know of any other "DJ stores" here. Thanks.
― Virtual Bart (EDB), Sunday, 4 March 2012 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
I think these guys have a store in Londonhttp://www.decks.co.uk/
― salsa shark, Monday, 5 March 2012 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
There's Superfi on Mornington Crescent, they don't have much of a stock. All these places are much of a muchness in my experience.
― Tim, Monday, 5 March 2012 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
Centrally I only know of West-End DJ. Juno.co.uk have good stock of equipment these days and for some stuff I think you can pick up. They're in Camden as far as I know.
― mmmm, Monday, 5 March 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
erm wtf is going on in TCR? a man has taken people hostage in starbucks? is everyone who's round there ok?
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mobileweb/2012/04/27/tottenham-court-road-evacuated-bomb-threat_n_1458437.html
@hullstephen
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqxEDpvLsws
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah all of TCR is closed!
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
It was claimed on Twitter that he had failed a training course and wanted his money back.
A Scotland Yard spokesman declined to comment as the situation was unfolding but a source said it was not a terrorist and was not considered a “serious” incident.
“It appears at this stage that the man either has mental health problems or has a personal grievance against a company,” the source said.
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 April 2012 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
good news for wasabi and sainsbury's though as the only foot outlet not cordoned off now
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17869815Throwing computers out of a window.
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
feeling him on that
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
the cordoned area gets wider and wider! our building is now blocked off. great.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
hope you've got your sandwiches ken, stay safe man
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
How fucking far can one person throw a computer from a 5th floor window?
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
i just ate a sainsbury's curry so at least i'll die with a full stomach.. pressure sure it's just a precaution though police seem quite relaxed down this bit
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
i just ate a sainsbury's curry so at least i'll die with a full stomach
^ you fool, you're probably too bloated now to crawl through the air-con ducts and take him out
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
i can fart into the air con and gas him out though
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
well, i'm gonna have to walk past TCR this afternoon, so if anyone wants me to pick up anything from Sainsbury's...
― EDB, Friday, 27 April 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
How about picking up several smashed PCs?
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
(really they shouldn't drink on duty, but it's a stressful job)
Sorry guys I'm just excited to be here, got a little carried away
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
nb we don't tip our hostages in london, save your cash
― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure this level of police cordon is ott for some dude with a couple of cans of camping gas. it's all the way up to euston road now
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
and if i had taken lunch half an hour later i would have had a half day off. damn
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
any sign of boris in a bomb suit yet?
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
sky are reporting he just threw some files from the window. soon he'll be on to the paper clips.
― Fizzles, Friday, 27 April 2012 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
that's our boris
― Upt0eleven, Friday, 27 April 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
Hostage-taker now arrested by police, so I guess that's that then.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, April 27, 2012 1:14 PM (2 hours ago)
did he want to make something real
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Ha!
I think I can hear Yaz, actually.
― EDB, Friday, 27 April 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe I survived that ordeal. i think i might try and get myself on BBC news and maybe write an autobiography
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Ordeal? Sainsbury's curry isn't absolutely pukka, but it's not that bad.
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
My eyewitness report indicates tottenham c road is still closed, with a pile of assorted rubbish on the street. However, I am in Sainsbury's RIGHT NOW.
― EDB, Friday, 27 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
Meanwhile, the New York Times discovers a mysterious land called East London and would like to let you know about it:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/travel/36-hours-in-east-london.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
9 a.m.4. ETHNIC BREAKFAST
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol ethnic meaning beigel bake
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 April 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
Head north on Shoreditch High Street until you hit Regent’s Canal, nearing its 200th anniversary and once used to transport goods around the city. On the lively pedestrian and cycling path, walk under arched low bridges and take in the varied architecture.
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Though the hottest East London club is always a moving target, you’re safe starting explorations at Hoxton Square.
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
they rly are str8 trolling
, nearing its 200th anniversary and once used to transport goods around the city
as canals are wont to be employed
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
for the NEW YORK times lest we forget
lol @ how they couldn't be bothered to leave shoreditch
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
* Bill * Auburn, CAUnless you've been to London several times, I would not recommend going to the East End. Almost all the main tourist sites are in The City and Westminster.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/travel/31hours.html
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link