#WWHUD London. Immigrants help to make London the great place it is - Analysis & Features - Business. As one Conservative London MP put it: “English families are turned out to make room for foreign invaders.
The rates are burdened with the education of thousands of foreign children.” Actually the MP — Sir William Eden Evans-Gordon — was speaking in 1900, and he meant Jews. They, and London, did fine. It grew, and it boomed. We even hosted a successful Olympics in 1908. When my parents moved to London in the early Seventies, immigration was at a low ebb. Globalisation and, central to that, immigration, saved the city. What about the downsides? Schools? David Goodhart, who is speaking in the Evening Standard debate, claims London’s diversity conceals “sundown segregation; people mixing during the day but going home to quite separate neighbourhoods”.
To say that immigration is essential to London — economically, socially, and culturally — is simply stating the obvious. We attract hundreds of thousands of foreign students to this country every year. So what do we do? Photo by coconutsurfing. Heliopath : It's a gangsters paradise #berlin... SenseCamp UK 2013 - Best business is Social Business ! - Eventbrite. Space Hack, Part One - WORK - Gensler Blog.
Photo credit: Gensler What do you get when you combine 3beards, an inquisitive design firm, burritos, a pre-launch app, a tech ecosystem accelerator, and an ex-crack den?
Space hack part one is what we got. Gensler teamed up with friends at the 3beards and the Trampery to stage the first installment of a year-long initiative. This much feted entrepreneur community located in and around London’s Old St is an elusive bunch. Could the next Zuckerberg or Jobs be found in this crowd, coding away in a bedroom or dropping into an incubator? First a little background. The 3beards are a collective that bring together the community around the area. The creative minds here in Gensler London needed one week’s time to create a system to mask the many less than attractive facets of the space and make it look, well pretty cool actually.
The point of all this was to get some answers to some serious questions. We also wrote on the walls. Untitled. Beardyman - iPhone Beatbox #2 // Mahogany Session. #citizenMreports. BastilleFestival. Am. Amazing hold up session with Snapbook #london #wemakesense @m.
Where's the... Speakeasy bars London Bars Clubs Pubs Restaurants London Review. I b i k e l o n d o n. Yoyo at Notting Hill Arts Club - Live Music at Notting Hill Arts Club. Annie Mac's Guide to London. Breaking down musical barriers with a bag full of big and bashy sounds, Annie Mac is just as happy dropping grimy dubstep and drum and bass as she is reppin’ indie-dance from Friendly Fires or stadium-rocking electronic acts like Swedish House Mafia.
Whether it’s through the Annie Mac Presents club nights or her Radio 1 show – where the five minute guest mini-mixes have become the stuff of legend - Annie’s a true champion of quality new music. Having long been on our hit list for a Guide to London, Annie’s found the time to take part so make yourself comfortable and join her on a trip around town… Annie Mac’s Guide to London Pubs and Bars The Blue PostsMy favourite pub, on Berwick Street in central Soho.
Completely untouched, all faded upholstery, brass and friendly barstaff. The Cross KeysSet on a street running parallel to Neal Street this pub is perfect for a post shopping drink. The Nudge : The latest reviews of places to visit in London. Home - One Alfred Place.
A Guide To Alternative London Tube Maps. The ultimate uncluttered Tube map.
The London Underground map has probably prompted more pastiches, tributes and piss-takes than any inanimate object in history. We’ve rounded up as many as we can find. The wonderful Geofftech did something similar a few years back, but the field has since moved on into three dimensions and realtime mashups. To Do. School of Life. Jean Abreu Dance - New Home. Weasel Blog - Plain & Simple. Pop Up Shop Understands That Eating Ice Cream Isn’t The Same Without The Beach [Pics]