Tag: Urban
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Spring | The Compost Christ Flowers Again | SymbolLife™
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Spent a glorious sunny Spring day on the allotment today. Jonny recently posted a photo celebrating the great weather we’ve had (on and off) recently. And today was another stunner. Having oh-so-mocked, it’s good to see Grace have an allotment now too… In fact there are record waiting lists at most plots across London. I’m…
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Everything That Is Wrong About Living In The City Can Be Summed Up In Two Words:
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Aggressive. Drivers. Technorati: Aggression | Driving
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The Trouble with Black Boys | Where is Stage 4 Pentecostalism?
Tragically, last night a 3rd boy was shot dead in South London, the latest victim of a possibly-connected spate of black on black youth killings. The police have responded by saying they are going to have armed patrols on the streets now. Like that’s going to work. Two of the boys were shot in their…
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‘Stay in the City’?
Steven Johnson, who wrote the fabulous book ‘Emergence’ [USA | UK] which inspired so much of ‘Signs…’ has a really interesting post on his blog about Leaving Brooklyn. It seems two friends of his were the victims of crime in the area and have decided enough is enough – they are moving out. Johnson’s post…
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Before you can love thy neighbour, you’ve got to meet them first… | Social Networking
Which is where Peuplade comes in. (You can read the BBC’s article on it here.) It’s a Parisian social networking site that is helping people to meet their neighbours. Which is great. Sort of. Of course it’s a positive thing that people are meeting up. But it worries me that it has taken the mediation…
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In Conclusion: Love thy Neighbour
So here’s the first proper post of the Signs blog. The book itself comes out in July, but why wait that long – I’m hoping we’ll be able to engage in some discussion way before then. (If you really can’t, you can order a copy of the UK version or download a sample chapter 😉…