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The Jewish Monkeys + PEACE

Nimrod Kamer | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Peace, The Jewish Monkeys, Nimrod Kamer, Social Media, UK Music, Twitter, East London, Youtube, Hipsters, Facebook, Video, UK Entertainment News

The Jewish Monkeys are an emasculating burlesque trio led by Joseph Reich, an Israeli-Deutsch philanthropist who slept with my mum in 1984 roughly eight and a half months before my birth.

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Clerkenwell Cool Is London at Its Best

Gareth Johnson | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: London, Travel, Clerkenwell, London City Break, North London, London Holiday, East London, UK Travel, UK Lifestyle News

The neighborhood of Clerkenwell is one of London's most historic areas - it's now also one of the city's best places to live.

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Witches and Witch Hunts - What the Salem Trials Tell us Today

Jeffrey Gedmin | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Islamaphobia, Terrorism, Free Speech, Religious Tolerance, Arthur Miller, Al Qaeda, Communism, Liberalism, East London, Salem Witch Trials, UK Religion, UK Politics News

How do we promote tolerance and protect free speech in a time where organised groups openly, and others clandestinely, exploit our liberal values to oppose our aims, sometimes with the deadliest of means?

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A Tear-Drenched Date With the Guy Who Kept His Ex in His Sights

The Guyliner | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Emotions, Getting Over an Ex, Relationships, Dating Advice, Bad Date, Romance, East London, Online Dating, London, Love, Gay Dating, UK Lifestyle News

Breaking up is hard to do. I know; I've done it. Relationships can be a long, languorous drive around winding country roads. The break-up is the huge tractor or speeding idiot who appears from nowhere, slicing through your cosy hatchback of coupledom.

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Rum, Rum, Glorious Rum: Portside Parlour

David V.H. Ellis | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Charlie Otth, Portside, Addie Chin, East London Bar, Parlour, Speakeasy, Single Spirit, Rum Bar, Rum, Portside Parlour, Rum Cocktail, East London, DVH Ellis, David Ellis, Cocktail Bar, Old Fashion, UK Lifestyle News

For a while now, it has become fashionable for restaurants to pare down a menu and offer only one or two ingredients (with beef somewhat monopolising the movement) and bars are beginning to behave the same way (though not so much with the beef).

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Folly Rae: Brings Good Music Back to the Folks

Bwoywonder | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Read More: UK Music, Gigs, Folk Music, Folly Rae, Gigging, New Folk, East London, Music Reviews, UK Entertainment News

If her single is anything to go by then expect even more from this folk friendly female when she releases her EP 'My Enemy' this summer.

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Still Waiting for London 2012

Ruth Bushi | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Sport

Read More: London Olympics, Stratford, London, Local, East London, London 2012, Olympic Legacy, UK Sport News

The London 2012 Olympic Games didn't take place in Stratford. Perhaps this was something you cottoned on to quite some time ago. Or perhaps you didn't then, nor now, give a shit. Either way, as a local resident living in the shadow of the athlete's village, I'm still waiting.

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'Muslim Patrol' Gang Victim Comes Forward

PA | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Religion, Video, UK News, UK Crime, Muslim Patrol, East London, Homophobia, Muslim, News, UK News

A man subjected to homophobic abuse by a self-styled Muslim patrol gang has contacted police after a public appeal. Five people have so far been ar...

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Police Make Fifth 'Muslim Patrol' Arrest

Posted 25.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Religion, Video, UK News, UK Crime, Muslim Patrol, East London, Homophobia, Muslim, News, UK News

A fifth person has been arrested after a gang claiming to be Islamic vigilantes tormented members of the public and which includied homophobic abuse. ...

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Police Search For Victim In 'Muslim Patrol' Video

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Religion, Video, UK Crime, UK News, Muslim Patrol, East London, Homophobia, Muslim, News, UK News

UPDATE: Detectives investigating a self-styled Muslim patrol gang have made three more arrests, Scotland Yard said today. A total of five arrests h...

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Gemma McCluskie 'Threatened Brother', Accused To Say In Court

PA | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK

Read More: UK Courts, UK Murder, Mccluskie, UK News, Tony McCluskie, East London, Eastenders, Murders, Regents Canal, News, UK News

The brother of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie endured months of abuse from her, culminating in her threatening him with a knife on the day ...

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Gemma McCluskie's Friend 'Felt Sorry For Brother'

PA | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Beheaded, Killing, Soap, Court Case, UK News, Gemma McCluskie, Tony McCluskie, East London, BBC One, Kerry Skinner, Eastenders, Actress, News, Regents Canal, Danny McCluskie, UK News

A friend of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie told a jury today how she comforted Ms McCluskie's brother, unaware he had dismembered her body ...

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Gemma McCluskie Killed 'Over Row About Taps'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK

Read More: UK Murder, UK Courts, Mccluskie, UK News, Tony McCluskie, East London, Eastenders, Murders, Regents Canal, News, UK News

Former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie was beaten to death by her brother after a row over an overflowing sink, a court has heard. After Tony Mc...

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Woman Dies After Eating Christmas Day Lunch In London Pub

Posted 05.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Dr Deborah Turbitt, Railway Hotel, Hornchurch, Health Protection Unit, East London., John Callagher, Dr Mike Gill, News, Della Callagher, UK News

A woman has died and 30 others have become ill after eating Christmas Day lunch in a London pub. Mother of one Della Callagher, 46, was sent home f...

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Transforming London's Olympic Park

Vesela Gladicheva | Posted 14.02.2013 | UK Sport

Read More: London 2012, Olympic Park, Olympics, Mo Farah, East London, Jessica Ennis, Olympics Legacy, Olympic Games, Sport, Athletics, UK Sport News

On a grey Saturday morning I brave the freezing weather to go on a trip to the Olympic Park in east London. No, it hasn't reopened yet. This is a post...

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Tech City: An Insider's Introduction to the People of the Roundabout

Reuben Sagar | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Tech

Read More: Tech Startups, meetup.com, Badoo, East London, Hire Space, UK Tech, Tech City, London, Wonga, Silicon Roundabout, UK Tech 2013, Gocardless, UK Tech News

The past couple of weeks have been big ones in this small, traffic junction heavy part of London. Silicon Roundabout has cemented its position as the centre of the UK's tech industry.

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Watch: 'I Am Benga'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Benga, Bass, UK Entertainment, UK Music, Gig Review, Birthdays, East London, Skream, Stoke Newington, Dubstep, Joker, I Am Benga, UK Entertainment News

Benga and Skream took their dub-laden soundtracks to East London last week, playing an intimate - yet still insanely loud - gig at Stoke Newington's B...

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Bernstock Speirs 30th Anniversary (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK Style

Read More: London, East London, Bernstock Speirs, Hats, Brick Lane, Fashion, Anniversary, French and Saunders, Millinery, Video, UK Style News

Paul Bernstock and Thelma Speirs have been designing hats together since 1982. To mark their 30th Anniversary the pair are showcasing pieces from the ...

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Why We Had to Sell Henry Moore's 'Old Flo'

Lutfur Rahman | Posted 09.01.2013 | Home

Read More: Art, Henry Moore, Old Flo, Tower Hamlets, London, East London, Sculpture, UK Arts, Henry Moore Draped Seated Woman, Public Art, UK Politics, UK Culture, Home News

There has been huge domestic and international interest in our decision to sell a much loved Henry Moore sculpture, 'Old Flo', that our borough bought many years ago - it wasn't donated to us as press reports have erroneously claimed. We are not the first authority to explore raising much needed revenue at a time of austerity from selling works of art... If only there was as much national media interest in the fact that we are being forced to make £100million cuts by 2015, as there has been over the proposed sale of this sculpture to mitigate the effect of some of those cuts

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Time to Stand up to Tory Austerity

Lutfur Rahman | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Austerity, Alternative, Tuc, Tower Hamlets, UK Politics, George Osborne, East London, Ant-Cuts March, Paul Krugman, UK Politics News

This demonstration has been a long time coming. It comes at a time when for the first time we can really see the true extent of this government's plan to cut the public sector and shrink the state to proportions that would even shock America.

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Dinner In An Art Installation: The Waldorf Project

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 12.10.2012 | Home

Read More: The Waldorf Project, Interactive Arts, East London, Sean Rogg, Immersive Dining, Performance Arts, Netil House, UK Arts, Freize-Art-Fair, Home News

During Frieze week, the bleak 60s architecture of Netil House, a new members' club in East London, plays host to a dystopian science lab. This is ...

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Talking to Women: There's a Time and a Place

Ellie Slee | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women, Vulnerability, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, East London, UK Lifestyle News

I'm of the opinion that, in 2012, I should be able to walk home from a night out without thinking about the prostitutes who were brutalised around the corner in days gone by. Please don't introduce yourself to me at 1am and put them at the forefront of my mind.

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The Music Industry is Dead But I Still Want a Record Deal

Matthew Phillips | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Vinyl, John Peel, Music, Record Label, The Beatles, Breaking Into the Music Industry, Records, UK Music, Record Labels, Dalston, East London, Vinyl Records, Indie Music, EMI Records, Music Industry, The Beatles Music, Indie Rock, UK Entertainment News

So, why is it that, unlike my fellow comrades assembled around me in this café, I still desire, nay, demand, a record contract? After all, I can still create my music and release it on a plethora of digitally-based platforms. I don't need the permission of one of the music industry's behemoth labels to be a musician, do I?

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London 2012 : What will be the lasting legacy?

Christian Drage | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK

Read More: London 2012, Growth, Legacy, Paralympics, East London, Olympics, UK Business, London 2012 Legacy, UK News

There's a bigger legacy on the horizon, one which was not a part of the initial plans but has long been a frustrated dream that is now on the brink of being realised: tilting London's centre of gravity a few degrees to the east...

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I've Locked my Love to an East London Fence

Amy Freeborn | Posted 19.11.2012 | Home

Read More: Love-Padlocks, Shoreditch, East London, Locks of Love, Padlock Fence, Love Locks, Love Padlocks, Padlock, Home News

I am a sucker for romance, and that, combined with my ever-willingness to take part in a good art project (that doesn't require too much of my limited artistic talent), made me a perfect candidate to add my padlock to the budding Shoreditch love lock fence.

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