Comments on: Starved Of Culture? Hard Luck, Hillingdon

By: London – Cultural Powerhouse

London – Cultural Powerhouse — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:45:58 +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 [...]

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

Boring London Don’t Come Cheap « the void — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:37:47 +0000

[...] event, with things happening in every borough, this was a porky the size of Scotland Yard. Three boroughs had none at all with several more only having [...]

By: Revolving doors at City Hall: Who’s next? « Confessions of a Political Animal

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:44:27 +0000

[...] Communist Party, Mirza is probably even less employable by a Tory government. Nor does the rather half-bakedStory of London festival, one of Mirza’s brainchildren, suggest that she is any great shakes [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:23:26 +0000

chiswick “rhythm of london” in Google returns 9 hits, the RoL website top, then Helen’s article here. Nothing on ChiswickW4 so far, but they often pick things up a bit late.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:11:34 +0000

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=22398

The Promote London Council and Booz & Co.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:12:13 +0000

Let us know if you spot any local publicity for this, Tom.

A recent comment about Story Of London on Big Smoke:

“We London Blue Badge tourist guides put on 35 walking tours for The Story of London Walking Weekend, including walks in Polish and Russian. Numbers were not great but our domestic market no doubt flicked the nets at 7.00am and decided to lie doggo. There’s not much BoJo can do about the weather. But we all felt it was a great thing to do, it showed our range and versatility, but comments ranged from The Mayor’s website was way too complicated and the event could have done with some additional publicity – Metro, Standard, etc. Maybe next time every weekend should have walks, so they can be spread out. There were too many things on offer for just 48 hours. But we Badgers would certainly love to be involved in the future. If you want London’s history, we’re the boys and girls!”

Boris seems to be of the opinion that merely sending press releases to the media is sufficient, rather than actually paying for advertising. I think the days of the 1/4 page ad in Time Out and posters and leaflets at Tube stations and tourist information centres are over as far as GLA events are concerned.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:20:10 +0000

Fluck me, there’s a local one:

“Dukes Meadow, The Promenade, Hounslow, W4 Nearest Rail: Chiswick Overground (South West trains from Waterloo)
Buses: Route E3 towards Edensor Road/ New Chiswick Pool, Get off at Cavendish School/ Grantham Road 15 minute walk to the Promenade, Dukes Meadow. ”

Confusingly using the word ‘Overground’ to mean generic mainline rail rather than the specific London Overground, though.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=chiswick&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=CRExSrLRCMqNjAfqi83IBw&ll=51.476057,-0.251398&spn=0.003983,0.011051&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.476616,-0.252581&panoid=M3AuKx7NigkP__YPPgIbzg&cbp=12,103.34,,0,5.35

To be picky, the nearest station is Barnes Bridge rather than Chiswick and the nearest bus stop is the southbound 190 one outside Alexandra Gardens, the southbound E3 one at Staveley Road (Stop N) or the northbound 190 at Great Chertsey Rd (Stop R). It’s a trek from any of them, though. I think I’ll take the bike.