They're not aiming at that crowd though, it's just for aspirational PRs and influencer types who want a photo for Instagram at somewhere that looks exclusive but is actually just an expensive bar/hotel. Can imagine there is plenty of demand for that which is presumably why Soho House is opening a load of new locations round the world.
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Torpid Scorpion
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I’ve deleted what I said in this post even though I meant it because theres really no need to be harsh but the gist was soho house: best avoided.
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xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Does anyone know if Blue Dental are accepting NHS emergencies yet? Bloody detest dentists. But can't put up with this pain much longer. 
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Personally I would have thought that one of the problems was the economic control exercised by France, and in particular the French Central Bank, which still controls the West African Franc (CFA) used in Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal even now.
People at the library meeting mentioned the problem that Thomas Sankara was more interested in the peasants than the workers - which seems an "error" for a Marrxist revolutionary.
I quote a couple of paragraphs from this Sankara’s elusive socialism - ROAPE which offer a possible socialist explanation for the downfall of Sankara:
Although the working class was present in Upper Volta in the early 1980s, sometimes in a dramatic way, it lacked its own consistent organisation and strategy. The national bourgeoisie remained feeble, impotent in the face of crisis and congenitally incapable of resolving Burkina Faso’s dependency and underdevelopment. It was as a result of this real impasse and blockage that Sankara and the CNR were able to emerge. By 1987, the isolation of the ruling military group around Sankara was almost total – trade unions and civil society were increasingly moving against them. Sankara, true to form, refused the option of breaking the regime’s isolation (and principles) by incorporating a wider circle of openly establishment parties. But the crisis and isolation were real.
Sankara’s comrade Compaoré had no such compunction and did not want to see his power overthrown along with Sankara. Knowing that he would fail to persuade his comrade through discussion, Compaoré turned to the violent and bloody murder of Sankara and his loyalists on 15 October 1987. This murder marked the end of the incredibly brave, though mislabelled, Burkinabé socialist revolution.
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Just putting this in for completeness - like many my main newstream at that time was dominated by the (NUM) miner's strike!
Gramsci
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You laughed at my posts #3521 #3530
Can you explain why? As I didn't post them as a joke.
Other posters put likes on them. But not laughing ones.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I was startled to see over a late Sunday breakfast an item near the beginning of the BBC One Politics London feature an item about the new Steel Warriors outdoor gym in Ruskin Park
www.bbc.co.uk
item runs from about 2m - 6m in.
nemoanonemo has already posted a Guardian link about this in the Ruskin Park thread.
I researched outdoor gyms about 8 years ago, posting the results on here.
I commend providing this facility - which seems similar to one that was put in Brockwell Park 10 years ago.
My issue with there arrays of exercise bars and hoops is that they are really only suitable for athletes pr ptetty fit young people.
Contrast this with the open air multi gym equipment in Burgess Park and Peckham Rye.
Lambeth has similar in Larkhall Park and Norwood Park.
I daresay the all-age all-ability equipment is dearer, but in my opinion it's also potentially more useful to the community as a whiole
Burgess Park
Ruskin Park
Believe me I greatly admire a fine set of abs and pecs.
But too much of all this surely carries the danger of what we called in my student days "body fascism".
The truth is that the majority of the population is relatively unfit, and equipment ought to be provided commensurate with their abilities.
Good luck to the Steel Warriors - but can we have some more stuff fir ordinary people please?
Lambeth Council two open air gyms for ordinary users is not enough in a borough of 350,000 people.
BBC One - Politics London, 10/10/2021
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nemoanonemo has already posted a Guardian link about this in the Ruskin Park thread.
I researched outdoor gyms about 8 years ago, posting the results on here.
I commend providing this facility - which seems similar to one that was put in Brockwell Park 10 years ago.
My issue with there arrays of exercise bars and hoops is that they are really only suitable for athletes pr ptetty fit young people.
Contrast this with the open air multi gym equipment in Burgess Park and Peckham Rye.
Lambeth has similar in Larkhall Park and Norwood Park.
I daresay the all-age all-ability equipment is dearer, but in my opinion it's also potentially more useful to the community as a whiole
Burgess Park
Ruskin Park
Believe me I greatly admire a fine set of abs and pecs.
But too much of all this surely carries the danger of what we called in my student days "body fascism".
The truth is that the majority of the population is relatively unfit, and equipment ought to be provided commensurate with their abilities.
Good luck to the Steel Warriors - but can we have some more stuff fir ordinary people please?
Lambeth Council two open air gyms for ordinary users is not enough in a borough of 350,000 people.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
CH1 I know some "ordinary" and not entirely young people who go to the steel warrior sessions in Ruskin Park... not necessarily to detract from your point - but they enjoy the mixed nature of the general scene there which doesn't seem to be intimidating to those who can't do the more impressive acrobatics. The woman pictured above runs a couple of sessions a week that are free and open to anyone and as far as I can make out she's very welcoming to people who just want to try doing some more basic stuff and there's not an atmosphere of 'body fascism'. The meetings there were quite a big deal to some people through the semi-lockdowns, when all indoor stuff was closed. Those sessions were actually funded by the co-op (rather than Lambeth) who unfortunately are now withdrawing the funding hence the pieces appearing in the guardian and BBC.
GarveyLives
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This is 27-year old Chino Johnson, the person who was shot dead in Ferrey Mews, in Lambeth Council's Coldharbour Ward exactly four weeks ago tonight. Two women - unnamed to date - aged 26 and 29, sustained injuries in the same shooting that were not life threatening:
(Source: as stated in image)
One week after the murder, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Leonard, from the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command who leads the investigation, said:
On 22 September 2021, detectives investigating the murder announced that they had made four arrests.
The four, (A) – (D), were arrested on Tuesday 21 September 2021 at Heathrow Airport as they attempted to leave the UK.
Despite the "shock and concern in the local community" referred to by the police, nothing more appears to have been heard about this since.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has information about any aspect of Chino’s murder should call the incident room on 020 8721 4622 or tweet @MetCC, giving the reference 7163/12SEP.
GarveyLives
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Proud to day that Brixton Buzz helped them reach their target in time
Crowdfunding target of £15,000 reached for The Ballad of Olive Morris – a short film focussing on the Brixton activist
Crowdfunding for the short film The Ballad of Olive Morris has been met.www.brixtonbuzz.com
She certainly appears to be popular with Brixton's ethnic majority now that she is dead.
felonius monk
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I was shocked by the discrepancy in prices so looked at the Picturehouse prices across the board. Central and Fulham Road are seen as West End (adult non-member peak price is £17.20) and are not included in the standard membership. The Ritzy, Finsbury Park, Clapham, East Dulwich and Crouch End seem to be affluent inner suburb at £14.80 peak, Hackney and West Norwood are £14.40, Bromley is £9.99 and it turns out that Stratford is a real outlier at £7.50. Even regional cinemas in the chain in places like Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford vary from £12.20 to £13.10.
It seems that the Cineworld chain (inc Picturehouse) has put up prices by 40% since the pandemic. From their accounts average admission price was £8.38 across the group in the UK in the first half of this financial year and average spend on food and drink was £3.58 (Cineworld prices are cheaper than Picturehouse).
No surprise then that many feel "locked out" by these prices.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Peckhamplex is fine. The only thing I've noticed sometimes is that the sound can be a bit ropey compared to the best you can get elsewhere.
I don't really understand how it survives... quite often you can be sat in there watching a film without about 10 other people.
I don't really understand how it survives... quite often you can be sat in there watching a film without about 10 other people.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Streatham Oden is pretty cheap - this is my go to now instead of Ritzy which is eye wateringly expensive. It wasn't that long ago that you could see a film for £1 in Ritzy if it was weekday before 12 noon.
GarveyLives
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Given:
(a) The unfortunately chaotic means by which the serious allegations against Vincent Atkins of sexual assaultss have been made public; and
(b) the lack of media interest in these serious allegations, which is likely to be a direct consequence of the ethnicity of the young women and girls alleged to be the victims of those sexual assaults,
it is difficult to give definitive answers to your queries. Speculatively, two possibilities might include:
(1) A medical appointment to address the rumoured cardiac issues to which you allude; or
(2) a trip to Brixtonbuzz Towers to provide ”Brixton’s biggest and most comprehensive news , features and listings site” with an exclusive interview addressing the allegations (or to arrange an appointment for the same purpose), so as to supplement previous coverage of his local activities.
No doubt others will provide you with their own theories.
I'm quite happy that it would keep them all together and away from me.
I don't need to explain one iota to you.
David Clapson
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I doubt it - you're overdoing the racism angle, yet again. How would the media know? Do you expect them to monitor Youtube and urban75? They don't, they haven't the time.
There's been hardly any interest expressed on social media by the local community. I suspect that everyone is waiting for the victims to come forward. But do they want to? If there are multiple mothers who got pregnant by Atkins under age, do they and their children want this is in the press? Do they want the father prosecuted? Or do they want privacy, and a relationship with the father, who might support them financially? Why don't you find out what the victims want, instead of sitting on the sidelines moaning and blaming everything on racists, as usual?
If the victims want to be in the Guardian or the Standard, or in Court giving evidence, it would be fairly straightforward to make it happen. The #MeToo movement is strong. It gets media interest.
Gramsci
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So you laugh at my posts. But won't explain why. I don't think that is good enough. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask why.
ricbake
working out how
I fell out with Blue Dental 5 years ago about their refusal to contemplate any proper NHS care even though they advertise as being NHS. I went to 35 Gresham Road - They were good before lock down. Struggled to get an appointment with them last year because of Covid, when I did they were sticky about doing anything NHS but I managed to negotiate most of my treatment at NHS terms. Haven't needed them for emergencies - I think KCH have an emergency clinic not sure if this is still current "if you think you have an urgent dental problem that we treat, call us from 8am on: 020 3299 5608"Does anyone know if Blue Dental are accepting NHS emergencies yet? Bloody detest dentists. But can't put up with this pain much longer.
ricbake
working out how
When ever I go in Peckhamplex I find myself tiding up adjacent rows on the way out because its such a bargain!
David Clapson
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The council has leafletted residents about the Windrush Sq anti-terror bollards:
Think what you want. You're irrelevant to me.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Likewise.
In that cases I'm at loss to see why you react to my posts.
I've given you amply chances to explain yourself and you won't
I don't see how you can say I'm an irrelevance to you when you react to my posts in such a manner.
I find your response to my reasonable request shows what an unpleasant person you are.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
That would be Kwasi Karteng I suppose. Top buffer.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I gave up going the Albert well before lockdown - it was a green king pub that didn't even serve green king beer on draught. I liked it when Pat was in charge too. She was a legend,
Victory at last for the long suffering residents of Macintosh Court involved in the class action against Lambeth Council. At the 11th hour Lambeth admitted guilt, out of court settlements have been agreed. A three day trial was due to begin tomorrow at the high court in London.
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