Tag: COMMENT
What’s With The Jeremy Kyle Show?
Alex Ogden puts the kybosh on Kyle.
In the run up to its tenth anniversary in July 2015, the Jeremy Kyle Show is still incredibly...
Sol Set To Sign For Tories?
Martin Voller wonders whether we will soon see Sol Campbell kitted out in true blue.
Former Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur defender Sol Campbell could be...
Fenced Off: wealth, power and tax havens
Canary Wharf echoes with the sound of the Labour leader’s attack on Tory tax avoidance, says Matt Wright.
At the Welsh Labour Conference on...
This Girl Can’t Stand It
Natasha Brown asks if a campaign to build up women’s confidence in sport, is really just another put down.
Women jogging, women swimming, women spinning...
Hot Talk No 1: who needs Prince Charles?
When ever (if ever) the Olympic and Paralympic Games return to London, will Charles III be parachuted in to the opening ceremony, or will...
Buying Into Bylines
Martin Voller takes issue with Newsquest’s scheme to make young journalists pay their way.
Every now and then a story catches your attention for all...
Audition Here, Ladies, For Your Big Night Out!
But birthday celebrations should not have to be a testing experience, replies Sian Killean.
Models, actors and singers are accustomed to it. Now some night...
Alert To The Need For A Rational Response
Carry on as we are, warns Ferdia Carr, and London like Paris risks losing its head over 'terror'.
If we can take one positive from...
It’s a BIG No, No
The debate’s been rumbling on for two years but Jasmine Wing believes there is no question: being big is a heavy burden on your...
Breast Is Best In Public
Jasmine Wing gets it off her chest.
Every so often the debate about breast feeding in public breaks out again. It usually starts with a...
Fitness Regimes: greed is good!
Jasmine Wing invites Canary Wharf execs to exercise themselves to the limit.
In the Financial Times columnist Lucy Kellaway has spoken out against execs exercising...
Faith Schools In Tower Hamlets: how could the obvious elude the elite?
Ferdia Carr is fed up with policy makers feigning surprise.
If the downgrading of six Tower Hamlets faith schools by education inspectors Ofsted indicates ‘a...
Not So E-sy On The Lungs
Free Costin issues a health warning to the ‘vapers’ of Bethnal Green.
Believe it or not, Bethnal Green Road is little different today from how...
Acting Up: the myth of TOWIE is starting to get real
Sian Davis reports on a new twist to media stereotypes: people performing to type in a real life version of ‘reality TV’.
They’re having a...
Why Put Down The Death Row Pop-Up?
Hannah Blacklock asks whether the last meals of death row inmates should be struck off everyone's menu.
Death Row Dinners is already buried. The propsective...
Who put the CON in SiliCON Roundabout?
On a visit to London Tech City, Matthew Wright wonders who's kidding whom.
‘The phrase “Silicon Roundabout” entered the consciousness of entrepreneurs with dizzying speed....
Two-And-A-Half Cheers For South Africa
Zaskia Delgado adds a rider to Stratford’s celebrations of the end of apartheid.
‘It’s like apartheid never existed.’
Stratford Circus has been hosting the Afro-Vibes festival,...
Take A Pay Cut For Every Year You’ve Been Here!
Sian Davis reveals the topsy-turvy world of Basildon.
You've been in the job seven years; your colleague has been doing it for just seven days....
Stop Believing In Art!
Emma Brand takes exception to the rhetoric of retailing.
Nothing wrong with cheap. Good to see students being offered sizeable discounts. A fine example is...
Rugby Football – A Game Of Two Classes?
Martin Voller ponders the prospect of middle class rugby migrating to the East End.
‘I’m expecting a large number of fans from East London...
Dear Westminster
The morning after her grandparents backed the winning candidate in the Clacton by-election, Sian Davis penned an open letter to Britain’s political class, setting...
Essex Council Lacks Lustre
Sian Davis thinks that the county council turning off Essex street lights is not such a bright idea.
‘I start work at 5am and I...
‘Groundbreaking’ New Theatre – Who For?
Mel Zumrutel asks if working class East Londoners will see the inside of the region’s latest theatre.
Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced that in...
Chinese Pickles In Tower Hamlets
Suzie Champion likens the big beasts of local government politics to the mythical creatures of Chinese astrology.
Different layers of officialdom rarely see eye-to-eye. For...
Hipsters versus Anti-Hipsters: let’s call the whole thing off
Fed up with the phoney war against hipsters, Ferdia Carr says it’s time to leave the field.
Somehow, somewhere and sometime since the turn of...
It’s Crazy But It Works
Freeland Costin gets off at ComCon.
Early rising isn’t everyone’s strong suit – certainly not mine. But for everybody attending this event, getting up early...
A Tale Of Two Cities – Or Is It?
Hackney resident Ferdia Carr sees social mobility alongside the class divide.
On the face of it, Hackney is a tale of two cities divided by...
Cook Carries On
Tom Reeves notes that chopping Pietersen means Essex man Cook is unlikely to be axed as England cricket captain.
Kevin Pietersen’s England career is over....
West Ham: better off without Olympics Legacy?
Bec James, Peter Mujuzi and Stefan Wright consider the effects of that stadium on West Ham.
New Olympic Stadium occupants West Ham United are the...
Maryland’s Upward Mobility
Victor Aiwone sees his manor on the move.
‘This place has come a long way since I’ve been away. I am actually pissed I missed...
Inherited Poverty
It's New Year but Matt Banji can’t get rid of hard times.
New Year: time for a clear out! I grabbed some bin bags and...
‘West Is Best’ And The Worst Day Of My Life
Alex Callow would not swap ‘Typical Brentford’ for all the joys of East London.
On the other side of London from UEL, it is often...
The Only Way Is Essex
Mark Ferguson hopes that Essex Man Alastair Cook can save England’s cricket tour of Australia.
England are on the ropes out in Australia after losing...
Even The Buildings Gang Up On You!
Matt Banji sees 'gang culture' as the logical outcome of London’s housing estates.
Take an evening stroll through the glass towers of Canary Wharf or...
Joy of Killing
Man and Boy, Jonathan Slatter is slaughtered by The Killers.
I can remember it clearly.
I was sitting in my Dad’s car, moaning at him to...
Where’s Our Money, Dave?
Solomon Olugbusi suggests that re-patriating Nigeria's 'lost' oil money should be higher up the political agenda than having a go at Google.
The British government...
Walking In The Park (3) Judgement Day
Steve Wallbridge is spooked by the eeriness and emptiness of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The War brought three billion human lives to a premature...
Walking In The Park (2) Narrow Defeat for London Lions
At the Copper Box in Queen Elizabeth Park, Mark Ferguson saw basketball's Worcester Wolves snatch victory from the jaws of London Lions.
Worcester Wolves topped...
Walking in the Park (1): This Park Is Coming Like a Ghost Park
Thronged with excited sports fans little more than a year ago, the Olympic Park now looks lost and dejected, reports Jonathan Slatter.
During London 2012...
Editorial: Woolwich Slaying Is Narcissism Not Terrorism
Meat cleaver in one hand, blood on both, the butcher explains himself for the benefit of a bystander’s smartphone – and the millions standing...
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Felix Denton detects green shoots in the East London economy
With a one per cent rise in GDP from July to September 2012, Britain stumbled...
Penned In At Both Ends
Kris Cannon wonders how much has really changed since Hillsborough.
In the past few months the authorities have finally owned up to what really happened...
What Price Beauty?
Prada recently released its new perfume, Candy, which retails at £2,500 per 900ml. Yasmin Khalil considers the most expensive scent on the high street.
'That...
Hard Times For Essex Club Man
In recession-hit Essex, even the Golf Club can be strapped for cash. Kris Canon reports
The greens are pristine, the clubhouse is an 18th century...
Drugs – Get Over It!
Comment by Aseye X
I’m not going to lie. My intention for this article is to counter the scare-stories surrounding recreational drug use, especially MDMA...
Cold Comfort for Austerity Britain
Comment by Felix Denton
The always enthralling (hint of sarcasm) Autumn Statement was read to the House last week by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt...
Newham Council Rejects ‘Super-Mosque’
Laran Wands hears why the controversial planning application was refused
On Wednesday 5th December thousands of Muslims gathered outside Newham Town Hall to hear the...
Leveson: Sounds ‘Bonkers’ But Cameron’s First Response Was Right
Commentary by Felix Denton
Lord Justice Leveson has released his long-awaited report on ‘the culture, practices and ethics of the press’. As anticipated, Leveson’s judgement...
So What (there’s a fire)? Tell Me Something Really Important
Negedu Ibrahimova reports
After the amazing Freshers, the excessive parties at UEL (obviously I’m being sarcastic), to top off all the fun, there was…wait for...