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Claire Hack »
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Silly Season
Posted on 5:44pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
It's been a week of minor triumphs.
Claire Hack »
Riding the journalistic rollercoaster...
Posted on 12:30pm Thursday 17th July 2008
This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride.
Flash Bristow »
What to do in Waltham Forest?
Posted on 2:50pm Wednesday 16th July 2008
This time last year, my mum came to stay. Normally she would want to save up in order to dine at the Ivy and shop in Covent Garden, but this time I persuaded her to let me entertain her locally.
Janet Wright »
Waltham Forest council is a washout again
Posted on 2:50pm Friday 11th July 2008
Is there anything this council won’t do to avoid consulting the public?
Claire Hack »
A little hacked off...
Posted on 11:40am Thursday 10th July 2008
Oh yes, I can make puns on my surname too.
Claire Hack »
Community Councils - why so angry?
Posted on 1:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
It's that time of the week again. It's Wednesday afternoon. The paper is ready to go out on Thursday morning, everything's been topped and tailed and stories for next week haven't quite started to come together yet. It's a strange twilight time when the office goes quiet and people start drifting off towards home. There's a lull in the usual banter and those of us left resort to talking about supermarkets. It's blogging time.
Simon Munk »
Walk quietly; carry a big stick - dealing with Waltham Forest council
Posted on 12:57pm Friday 4th July 2008
What do you think of the local council? And what's the best way to get results out of the council for our communities? That's the question that's been bouncing round my head this week, since it all kicked off on the Walthamstow Yahoo Group.
Janet Wright »
Fire and rain in our action-packed libraries
Posted on 12:56pm Friday 4th July 2008
St James Street open-air library could be the most popular spot in Walthamstow for readers this Saturday. The nearest official library, at Walthamstow Central, has been closed since a fire last week. And if you’re going to say that saves the council taking books to the incinerator again -- don’t be so cynical!
Claire Hack »
Beautiful Budapest and brain scrambling NHS stats
Posted on 2:10pm Friday 27th June 2008
I've only been back from holiday for three days and already my brain is on the point of disintegrating into a quivering pool of mush inside my skull. It might or might not have something to do with the fact that my week actually started on Tuesday after Monday's "welcome" day in Watford. I've been in a bit of a time warp since then, especially as I was so tired on Monday that I barely noticed what was going on.
Janet Wright »
Tempest hits open-air theatre
Posted on 12:40pm Friday 27th June 2008
Staging open-air shows in England is, as some joker said about second marriages, a triumph of hope over experience.
Caramel Quinn »
Parenting and poo-tinted specs
Posted on 11:10am Wednesday 25th June 2008
Before becoming parents, my husband and I would chuckle at the way friends’ opinions of Walthamstow changed overnight the very moment they reproduced.
Flash Bristow »
Double blessing, or double edged sword?
Posted on 4:40pm Monday 23rd June 2008
A few years ago, I was lucky to receive funding to set up my own business. I came to realise that the reason I got the support depended on where I lived – not just which area, but which side of the street!
Claire Hack »
The Great Escape
Posted on 3:40pm Thursday 19th June 2008
Rejoice and be glad, for I am leaving the country!
Rebecca Cohen »
"Build a Bridge"
Posted on 3:10pm Thursday 19th June 2008
The last couple of weeks have seen the Council programme for 2008/09 starting to come into effect and officers are working hard to put the finishing touches to reports that will form the basis of the work to be done. I have now been appointed to all of the committees that I particularly wanted to work on and the first of those meetings is due to be held on 24th June.
Janet Wright »
Welcoming our new theatre pub
Posted on 11:50am Thursday 19th June 2008
Would you believe a bunch of actors and music-lovers strolling down Hoe Street one day noticed a pub to let and said, “Hey, let’s do the show right here”? In the finest tradition of stage musicals, that’s pretty much what happened at the Rose & Crown.
Simon Munk »
Waltham Forest's green spaces underused
Posted on 12:10pm Monday 16th June 2008
This feels like when your favourite band, the one you´ve followed since the early days, suddenly is number one and everyone´s wearing their t-shirt. The one you bought last summer. So... Epping Forest...how´s that for a link? Look, we´ll get back to the whole pop band analogy shortly. But meanwhile bear with me for a while about the forest.
Janet Wright »
Music in the Village (and many other places)
Posted on 11:57am Monday 16th June 2008
What have churches, pubs and cafes got in common with grass verges and the pavement outside closed public buildings? Answer: they’re just some of the spots Walthamstow’s resourceful musicians have found to play in, as venues are closed down or priced out of reach.
Janet Wright »
Walthamstow Resistance
Posted on 10:57am Thursday 12th June 2008
The weather may be up and down, but it looks like being a long hot summer for Waltham Forest council. Local people have already held two demonstrations against its anti-Walthamstow policies in the past two weeks. And there are likely to be more ahead.
Claire Hack »
Voicemail madness prompts Claire to consider meeting a minister
Posted on 2:30pm Wednesday 11th June 2008
So. Week three as a Real Reporter reaches a middle. It's Wednesday and I have spent the last three days chasing people desperately, hoping leaving countless voice mail messages will actually return something. Anything. Please!
Flash Bristow »
The best and worst of Leytonstone
Posted on 2:10pm Wednesday 11th June 2008
What do you love about Leytonstone? What do you hate? Now's your chance to show everyone, as part of Leytonstone Festival.
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