Tag: Croydon

Rebels Without a Cause? What We May (Not) Have Learned from the London Riots

Aug 9, 2011

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by

KB

in City Life, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, Politics

It’s perhaps too soon to work out what the hell really happened in London last night, or why. I stayed up til 2am following the news and the Twitter feeds, and I have to say it was one of the saddest nights I’ve ever spent in the capital. There has already been some debate…
Hipsters Don’t Dream Beyond East Croydon

Jan 9, 2011

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by

KB

in Arts, Poems

I had a dream last night. In full vivid colours. Groups of hipsters were walking in woods, by rivers. I wondered where they were, and how they got there, and was shown that this was their Sunday retreat, a place in the countryside, within reach of London, where there was walking, and birdsong. I went…