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Published: July 28, 2011
LADIES and gentlemen of the jury, I am a pervert.
I want to explain why I am a pervert. You see, I like to watch the grass grow; I like to watch the bees and the butterflies...
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Published: July 28, 2011
I HAVE found your reports of protests against the HS2 proposed high-speed rail project extremely useful.
But it is worth highlighting the fact that this isn’t simply a...
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Published: July 28, 2011
I EXPECT most people in Camden have been to the cinema and experienced the dark auditorium with adverts and trailers being blasted out at ear-piercing intensity, followed by...
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Published: July 28, 2011
TODAY I woke up to news from Afghanistan; said “Good morning” to the South African concierge in my block of flats; had a café latte in a Turkish-run caf...
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Published: July 28, 2011
I WAS very upset to see that the old polytechnic building in Prince of Wales Road (pictured) might be pulled down for flats.
Why are so many old places being pulled down to...
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Published: July 28, 2011
I again extend my condolences to the families of cyclists killed and injured in the area of Camden Road now known as “death mile”.
As usual civil service...
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Published: July 28, 2011
MY local GPs, the Caversham Group Practice, held a public meeting last Thursday in their waiting room and invited residents to hear Labour MP Frank Dobson give an outline of...
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Published: July 28, 2011
I KNEW the area between Camden Lock and Kentish Town Road was going to be developed, but I did not know until the New Journal printed a drawing of the proposed new Camden...
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Published: July 28, 2011
STEPHEN Miller’s views about the new Russell Square traffic lay-out causing an incredibly dangerous situation for cyclists turning right from the east side of the...
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Published: July 28, 2011
I WAS in Albany Street on Sunday morning, and couldn’t believe what I saw.
Three road sweepers. One to sweep; one to sweep it onto a shovel, and one to hold the bin...
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• AFTER a year of disruption, the new traffic system around Russell Square has finally been revealed, and it is more unsafe for cyclists than it was.
Southbound traffic on the east side of...
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• I CAN’T say I have any sympathy for Met Chief Sir Paul Stephenson, who quit over the phone hacking scandal.
He should have gone at the time his force failed to protect Prince...
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TO my neighbours on the Queen’s Park Estate I say: “You’ve always dreamed of going to Birmingham half an hour faster, haven’t you? Last night you woke up the whole street at...
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• THE statue of Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, has survived at Holborn Circus for 137 years (‘Dirty Bertie’ gets blame for crashes, July 15) but, neglected over the years...
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• LITERACY campaigns such as “Get London Reading” must be regarded with some degree of scepticism, I think.
For instance, I am staggered by the number of days that modern...
