Comments on: Story Of London – Continuing Adventures

By: London – Cultural Powerhouse

London – Cultural Powerhouse — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:43:52 +0000

[...] of Boris’s Director Of Culture Cultural Adviser, Munira Mirza? As I’ve detailed here, here and here, it was an attempt to cobble together a “festival” on the back of Historic [...]

By: Boring London Don’t Come Cheap « the void

Boring London Don’t Come Cheap « the void — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:38:03 +0000

[...] bloggers derided the marketing campaign at the time including Dave Hill, Boriswatch and Diamond Geezer. Essentially it seemed to consist of an insert in Time Out and a crap [...]

By: the void

the void — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:34:40 +0000

[...] bloggers derided the marketing campaign at the time including Dave Hill, Boriswatch and Diamond Geezer. Essentially it seemed to consist of an insert in Time Out and a crap [...]

By: Boris Johnson Story of London festival hard to locate - Reporters - NewsSpotz

Boris Johnson Story of London festival hard to locate - Reporters - NewsSpotz — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:07:32 +0000

[...] was an event in itself. She liked the View of London exhibition at the London Transport Museum, but pointed out at Boris Watch that had she not been a Friend of the Museum it would have cost her £10 to get in. The same post [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:54:38 +0000

Here’s a precis, Mickey: £100 000 spent on publicity for a non-festival and it’s ineffectual and ineffective.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:04:06 +0000

Bloody hell Helen, all those words and nothing said

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:13:38 +0000

I’ve just revisited the original press release: http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=21118 – “…there will be something for everybody, with dozens of events and activities in every borough throughout June” – not round ‘ere, mate.

I’ve also revisited Historic Royal Palaces’ Hampton Court Palace – “Henry VIII: heads and hearts, March – December 2009″ leaflet which bears no sign of Story Of London or Mayor of London as, of course, all the events to mark the 500th anniversary of the accession of Henry VIII would have been planned at least a year in advance and none of them were Boris’s idea, despite what we may have been led to believe from his own publicity.