It's our weekly London
roundup starting with a few headlines that caught the eye in London this week,
click the links for the full stories…
FOOTBALL: Manchester Utd Fans Really Do Come From Manchester After All – The Independent
ENVIRONMENT: Save the London Skyline – South London Press
CRIME: The Hatton Gardens Heist In Pictures – Evening Standard
EXHIBITIONS:
Interactive Model Map Of London Goes On Display – Daily Mail
BOOKS: Rivers Of London In Comic Book Adaptation – io9.com
PHOTOGRAPHY: Travel Photography on iPhone – The Guardian
SPORT: How To Follow the London Marathon – The Daily Telegraph
SPORT: The London Marathon Guide – Daily Mirror
MUSEUMS: Two London Nominations for Museum of the Year – The Guardian
PUBS: North London Pub Saved By Community – Tottenham & Wood Green Independent
If
You Do One OTHER Thing In London…
Our weekly slot in which we point you in the direction of
other happenings and events in our great city. A new exhibition, a gig, a
museum, a pop-up-shop – the best of London within a few minutes of a London
Walks walking tour.
From 1st May there's a great new exhibition at Orbital
Comics in Great Newport Street…
COVER VERSIONS: WHEN MUSIC
& COMICS COLLIDE - MAY 1-14!
From May 1st – May 14th
this year, Orbital Comics will be hosting COVER VERSIONS: When Music &
Comics Collide!
12 comic artists have been tasked with taking an album of their
choosing, and creating a new piece of cover art for it: It could be their favourite
album, one they listen to whilst working in the studio that often provides
inspiration, or an album that they secretly think could benefit from a better
sleeve!
The finished pieces will be displayed at 12″ record sleeve size, and when the exhibition closes, a short
print run of each piece will be made available for purchase, with proceeds
going to Brain Tumour Research.
In the lead up the show, the Orbital blog will be
launching on 1st April, with articles & interviews on the crossover between
comics & music, with a number of events to be announced coinciding with the
exhibition, including a launch night on 1st May!
(DC Editor adds: Don't forget that we moved our blog-based Cartoon & Comic Book Tour of London over to its own dedicated blog. You can read it here: www.cartoonandcomicbooklondon.blogspot.co.uk)
And here's how to find Orbital…
Walking & Footwear News
Shoes are in the media
this week here in the UK. First up is this question in The Guardian:
Given that women with
size 8 feet are tall and women with size 4 feet are small, why do shoe shops
put the size 8 shoes on the bottom shelf and the size 4 shoes on the top shelf?
Ah, the great mysteries of life. If you know the answer visit The Guardian's website and have your say.
Shoes will feature in
the forthcoming General Election according to The New Statesman:
“Views not shoes,”
declares the Fawcett Society in its new campaign to monitor the ways in which
female politicians are subjected to sexist reporting. “Are we given shoe
commentary rather than hearing what women have to say on the economy?” asks the
society; to which, I am afraid, the answer appears to be yes. But what might
come as a surprise is that most of the commentary doesn’t concern women – not
even Theresa May, she of the leopard-print kitten heels and thigh-high patent
leather boots; or Nicola Sturgeon, with her fondness for L K Bennett nude
courts – but the male party leaders instead.
Read the full story HERE.
Lastly, the New York
Times has been measuring the walking habits of New Yorkers. Read the article here and get in touch if you use a pedometer or step counter here in London. Back in 2014 we measured our Ghosts of the Old City Walk with a GPS step-counter. We counted 2,595 steps and burned 108 calories.
Then we had a look at the mapping facility on our iSteps app. And the route looked like this…
…and we couldn't help but notice that the outline left on the map looked a little like a profile of Frankenstein's monster. Don't see it? How about this, then…
Spooky, huh?
Seen in London This Week…
Springtime. Here's
Daily Constitutional Associate Editor Richard III…
This is Notting Hill, opposite Annie Lennox's house. A camellia growing under a tree in blossom.
Do feel free to send us your springtime in London pics to the usual address.
London Walks Guides News
Happy Birthday to Katy!
Here she is in action…
Heard In London…
We're currently
working on Episode Two of our Literary London Podcast. In the meantime, catch
up with Episode One…
Read In London This Week
Via Twitter, thanks
Colin Ellard for the following…
I still don’t
believe in ghosts but thanks @londonwalks for
a good psychogeographic romp. You almost had me at the She-Wolf of
France.
— Colin Ellard (@WhereAmINow) April
21, 2015
Guide Adam replies:
Cheers Colin! I hadn't realised that I was leading a Psychogeographic Romp, but
from now on I won't call it anything else! Thanks for getting in touch.
Thanks for reading!
Over the next few days we've got a whole load of Literary London stuff coming
up on The Daily Constitutional – and the next London Walks Podcast will go live
too. Stay in touch! London Spy will return next week
A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.
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