William Eckersley & Alexander Shields’ photographic memorial of derelict London buildings.
With the arrival of the 2012 Olympics, large chunks of derelict London will be reborn shiny and new. Books like this are important catalogues of what London used to look like — scruffy and dark.
See also: Stephen Gill and his book of photographs of Hackney Wick.
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The Big Gulp (How to become a web-centric news organisation) | |
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$270 billion luxury business faces slowdown - Aug. 20, 2008 | |
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Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | |
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Superstruct! Play the game, invent the future. | The Institute For The Future | |
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My Long War - Dexter Filkins - NYTimes.com | |
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The Catorialist | |
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Daily Kos: McCain endorses song about "f***ing" at high school; reaction | |
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Cows Point North -- but can humans also sense the Earth's magnetic field? | |
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Oct 9, 2008: Urban Cookbook launch party at Cargo | |
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Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Ubiquity | |
| South Bank Takedown | ||
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Sep 18, 2008: Osamu Tezuka: Movies Into Manga at The Barbican | |
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Magazines: How WSJ Could Make An Appetizing Version Of T (But They Won't) | |
| Addictive TV at the South Bank | ||
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Death Of Print: 5 ways the newspapers botched the Web | |
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Hamlet 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | |
| Wet Yourself @ The Aquarium, 24 August 2008 | ||
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George Orwell's diaries published online | |
| Our Big Shiny Lifestream Thing | ||
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The Uncanny Valley | |
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The GALA Committee -- culture jamming the 80s media mainstream | |
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Beijing Olympics: Boris Johnson and Downing St condemn Myra Hindley London 2012 image - Telegraph | |
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Plan to exhume cardinal is 'homophobic' - Home News, UK - The Independent | |
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Death Of Print: 5 ways the newspapers botched the Web | |
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BBC NEWS | UK | Iconic towers demolished | |
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Aug 24, 2008: a test event at somewhere | |
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B Store's pop-up shop in Selfridges (Vogue.com UK) | |
Hello, world.
Cute Overload’s calendar sold out in a day. We ask, what’s their secret?
Pew’s latest research on news consumption in the US.
It’s that time of year again…
UK culture minister says product placement “contaminates” TV programmes.
A bit more political transparency in the UK
From supermodel to media brand.
And how to make a business from it
Surprise! Using IM improves kids’ linguistic skills.
Microblogging officially tips over into the mainstream
No, really.
Inventor of LSD dies aged 102.
The latest contender for ‘coolest imaging/photography tool’ turns snapshots into 3D scenes. And it works!
Women in Johannesburg have been staging a miniskirted protest
What did the twentysomething guy say to the other twentysomething guy?
More Flickr zeitgeist
Stop the clock!! We saw another ad on the internet!
A choice quote from The Economist
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Sales pitch for digital animation firm features fake actress.
The late great talks to Campaign.
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I am a student studying film and television studies and am planning to make a documentary on how the oiympics will affect the face of Hackney and local community.
Your imput would be very much apprieciated. I am perticularly interested how it will affect the many local artist working in the area and unique cultual scenes that will be lost.
Thank you.
I am a student studying film and television studies and am planning to make a documentary on how the oiympics will affect the face of Hackney and local community.
Your imput would be very much apprieciated. I am perticularly interested how it will affect the many local artist working in the area and unique cultual scenes that will be lost.
Thank you.
amenordique@hotmail.com