Latest Letters

  • Duped over parking
    Published: 4 June 2010 • AS the fourth side of Arundel Square reaches completion and we welcome our new neighbours to our little corner of Islington we are very concerned that the...
  • Forget rebranding, NHS chiefs face takeover threat
    Published: 4 June 2010 • TOM Foot is to be applauded for showing how Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust proposes to waste some £35,000 of public money on rebranding itself (NHS...
  • Zoo-visit pupils have front seat at my trial of fortitude
    Published: 4 June 2010 • BOARDING a 274 single-deck bus at its first stop at The Angel, I was surprised to see every seat already occupied and only standing room available. Closer inspection...
  • Why we need to invest in our youngest generation
    Published: 4 June 2010 • IF the government is genuine about its desire and commitment to address the real issues at the heart of a “broken Britain”, Early Years must be the best...
  • Ritual slaughter has no place at World Cup finals
    Published: 4 June 2010 • LIKE millions of people around the world, I was looking forward to watching the World Cup in South Africa on TV. Sadly, after learning that a bull is to be...
  • Royal Parks like graveyards
    Published: 4 June 2010 • HAS anyone noticed that our Royal Parks are becoming like graveyards, with more and more monuments?  Our parks are among London’s greatest assets,...
  • Crown take no notice!
    Published: 4 June 2010 • THE Crown Estate knew they were going to sell their estates a year ago, and had no intention of taking any notice of their tenants’ opinions and concerns over the...
  • Save City Guardians, curb ‘spin’
    Published: 4 June 2010 • ONE of the first actions of the new government was to cut the amount of money spent on publicity and advertising, arguing that at a time of economic difficulties...
  • End the phone-box blight
    Published: 4 June 2010 • HAVE you noticed the numerous redundant phone boxes around, as in Tottenham Court Road and north Cleveland Street? The reason so many where erected in the 1990s is...
  • 1,000 days living in a prison – not knowing when the gates will open
    Published: 4 June 2010 ABOVE: One of the flotilla boats A GENERATION of Palestinians is growing up in privation because of the blockade of Gaza, argues Jeremy Corbyn Last Monday we awoke to the news...
  • Laws: we are losers
    Published: 4 June 2010 • THE Daily Telegraph has done the country a grave disservice in depriving the government of an extremely capable  Chief Secretary to the Treasury.  I...
  • An end to baths time?
    Published: 4 June 2010 • IRONMONGER Row baths closed down for refurbishment the other Friday. That’s the last we’ll see of it. Not that I used the baths much myself. F STURGE EC1...
  • Hands off Gaza cargo
    Published: 4 June 2010 • ISLINTON Friends of Yibna (IFY) expresses its outrage at the callous Israeli attack on the flotilla of Human Rights Defenders en route to deliver humanitarian aid to...
  • Fresh threat to our gem
    Published: 4 June 2010 • A REVISED planning application has been submitted for the NCH site in Highbury Park. The number of housing units has been minimally reduced – from 149 to 143...
  • Leave it to the experts
    Published: 4 June 2010 • FORMER Green Party candidate Emma Dixon has described Islington Council’s new planning committee as “Stalinist” (Planning shake-up labelled Stalinist,...