The Tory nightmare: don't say you weren't warned | Ian Martin | Comment is free | The Guardian
9 weeks ago by ohskylab
"The reason this government's moving so quickly to divide the NHS into privatised contractual fiefdoms for its mates, and to divert education budgets into "free" schools for its mates' children, is because it can. Resistance has been atomised. Working-class rage, once articulated by powerful unions representing people doing proper jobs, has dissipated." Developers: unionise!
nhs
uk
politics
9 weeks ago by ohskylab
National Trust | Land & country | Renting
september 2011 by ohskylab
"The National Trust owns more than 4,000 houses and cottages that are let for people to live in as their home. The types of property vary considerably, from small terraced cottages or flats converted from farm buildings, to modest period homes, some of which may be open to the public."
accommodation
renting
nationaltrust
uk
housing
september 2011 by ohskylab
Cornish Cottage Holidays - Quality Self Catering Holiday Cottages in Cornwall and Devon
august 2011 by ohskylab
This one is surprisingly good.
accommodation
holidays
uk
cottages
august 2011 by ohskylab
Welcome to alpha.gov.uk
may 2011 by ohskylab
Really well done.
web
design
uk
government
from delicious
may 2011 by ohskylab
Furniture Re-use Network
january 2011 by ohskylab
"The national body which supports, assists and develops charitable re-use organisations across the UK. We do this to reduce poverty by helping households in need access furniture, white goods and other household items at affordable prices."
recycling
furniture
charity
green
uk
from delicious
january 2011 by ohskylab
The Kernel Brewery
october 2010 by ohskylab
"The brewery springs from the need to have more good beer. Beer deserving of a certain attention. Beer that forces you to confront and consider what you are drinking. Upfront hops, lingering bitternesses, warming alcohols, bodies of malt. Lengths and depths of flavour. We make Pale Ales, India Pale Ales and old school London Porters towards these ends. Bottled alive, to give them time to grow."
beer
brewing
london
uk
october 2010 by ohskylab
Sound Archive
september 2010 by ohskylab
UK independent record label people - please consider sending yr releases to the British Library Sound Archive -
bl
uk
music
from twitter_favs
september 2010 by ohskylab
Restaurant: Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Fowy, Cornwall | Life and style | The Guardian
september 2010 by ohskylab
No longer open in Fowey. Bah.
restaurants
fowey
cornwall
food
uk
september 2010 by ohskylab
Tinkering in London » Blog Archive » Into the Marketing Maelstrom
july 2010 by ohskylab
"It seems in Marketing, the world of Digital still consists largely of people who’ve not yet twigged that ‘Digital’ means more than “…on the web” or “…on your mobile”. Conceptually, there’s still a divide separating the Digital from the Physical. Forward-looking brands and agencies are onto this."
marketing
uk
advertising
internetofthings
july 2010 by ohskylab
Ridgeway Park, Chingford, London
april 2010 by ohskylab
"Miniature railway operates on Sunday afternoons in the summer".
chingford
london
uk
parks
childhood
memories
april 2010 by ohskylab
Hotel 1 Lyme
april 2010 by ohskylab
Boutique bed & breakfast hotel in Lyme Regis.
lymeregis
uk
dorset
hotels
accommodation
holidays
april 2010 by ohskylab
Microloans in Hackney | Feature | Society | The Observer
march 2010 by ohskylab
"When you start dealing with people with unpredictable lifestyles and with income that might be variable month by month, you can't just use the same computerised systems of default and interest that you use for people in regular salaried employment. Muhammad Yunus's microfinance model, which operated in parts of the world where everyone's lifestyle was precarious, had shown that. You had to know exactly who you were lending to, and establish more intimate and flexible models based on that knowledge."
microfinance
development
london
money
poverty
uk
economics
hackney
community
banking
credit
march 2010 by ohskylab
National Trust iPhone app
march 2010 by ohskylab
Free and alarmingly pleasing.
nationaltrust
tourism
heritage
uk
march 2010 by ohskylab
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer | Books | The Guardian
march 2010 by ohskylab
"More disturbingly, [Jonathan Safran Foer] only considers a world where people are in a position to make choices about what they eat. Eating Animals is written by a well-educated, well-fed person for well-educated, well-fed readers. Nor does he contextualise his argument. It never ranges beyond the confines of America. He doesn't seriously examine why people might want to, or have to eat meat, or what meat means to individuals or societies. He proposes no solutions other than mass conversion to vegetarianism, although it doesn't seem to occur to him that the damage done by factory farming doesn't begin and end with animals but embraces all foods."
guardian
uk
food
books
reviews
matthewfort
jonathansafranfoer
farming
vegetarian
march 2010 by ohskylab
Lighting designer Stuart Haygarth
january 2010 by ohskylab
"Starting in 2004 I have been working on design projects which revolve around the collections of objects. The objects are normally collected in large quantities categorized and assembled in a way that transforms their meaning. My work is about giving banal and overlooked objects a new significance. The finished piece of work takes various forms such as chandeliers, installations, functional and sculptural objects."
design
london
light
lighting
recycling
eco
artists
uk
january 2010 by ohskylab
Westbury Music
january 2010 by ohskylab
"An independent publisher of contemporary British music."
music
licensing
uk
january 2010 by ohskylab
A first step towards freeing London’s data | London DataStore
january 2010 by ohskylab
"The prototype Datastore for London. This is where we’ll be releasing all of the Greater London Authority’s data for all Londoners to see and use free of charge."
via:demwunz
data
london
uk
statistics
4ip
transparency
january 2010 by ohskylab
Home | Elastic Artists
november 2009 by ohskylab
Another London-based booker.
music
uk
live
bookers
london
gigs
november 2009 by ohskylab
Black Butterfly Bookings
november 2009 by ohskylab
London-based music bookers.
london
music
live
gigs
bookers
uk
november 2009 by ohskylab
The Vanguard Way long-distance walking trail
september 2009 by ohskylab
Runs from East Croydon to Newhaven via the South Downs, Seven Sisters, Surrey Hills etc. 66 miles, goes mostly through open countryside and woodland.
walking
uk
trails
maps
sussex
september 2009 by ohskylab
Home - National Trails
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Long distance routes for walking, cycling and horse riding through the finest landscapes in England and Wales. In Scotland the equivalent trails are called long distance routes."
walking
trails
uk
maps
september 2009 by ohskylab
Wessex Ridgeway - Dorset For You
september 2009 by ohskylab
"A magnificent ridge-top route crossing Dorset's rural heartland."
walking
dorset
ridgeway
wessex
trails
uk
september 2009 by ohskylab
UK Freecycle moderators break away from US network | Environment | guardian.co.uk
september 2009 by ohskylab
"The acrimonious split follows unsatisfactory negotiations which could have given Freecycle's UK moderators the ability to localise their web pages and allow them to serve the community better [...] The UK is probably the most enthusiastic Freecycling country in the world, hosting just 10% of all the branches but handling 27% of all Freecycling activities."
freecycle
social
uk
environment
green
guardian
recycling
freegle
local
september 2009 by ohskylab
National Trust | Levant Mine & Beam Engine
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Unique steam-powered Cornish beam engine". Like the fact that there's a "Steaming / Not steaming" table.
cornwall
uk
nationaltrust
september 2009 by ohskylab
National Trust | Trengwainton Garden
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Sheltered garden with an abundance of exotic trees and shrubs."
cornwall
uk
penzance
nationaltrust
gardens
september 2009 by ohskylab
National Trust | St Michael's Mount
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Rocky island crowned by medieval church and castle, home to a living community." No zombies, then.
cornwall
penzance
uk
nationaltrust
castles
september 2009 by ohskylab
Purely Penzance | The Penzance Town Trail
september 2009 by ohskylab
"This takes you on a circular route through the town, tracing its story through buildings and historical remains, rounds and medieval crosses, churches, chapels, farm towns and shops."
cornwall
uk
penzance
walking
history
september 2009 by ohskylab
London - Cornwall sleeper train | Timetable, fares, tickets for the Night Riviera
september 2009 by ohskylab
Lots of information on the Night Riviera sleeper service to Cornwall from Seat 61.
travel
cornwall
holidays
sleeper
rail
uk
slowtravel
september 2009 by ohskylab
The Minack Theatre - 2009
september 2009 by ohskylab
Open-air cliffside theatre.
uk
cornwall
penzance
theatre
september 2009 by ohskylab
The RSPB: Marazion Marsh
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Overlooks the beautiful St Michael's Mount and boasts Cornwall's largest reedbed. More than 250 bird, 500 plant, 500 insect and 18 mammal species have been recorded here and bitterns are now regular winter visitors (although patience is required to see them)."
cornwall
uk
holidays
rspb
birds
nature
maraizon
september 2009 by ohskylab
Jing Tea the UK's premium online tea shop, green tea, white tea, oolong tea - Jing Tea
september 2009 by ohskylab
Good flowering teas in particular.
shopping
uk
food
tea
september 2009 by ohskylab
British Library - Archival Sound Recordings
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Explore 44,500 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments"
music
audio
uk
library
media
archive
recordings
bl
sound
september 2009 by ohskylab
Albion Cafe, Bakery and Food Store
september 2009 by ohskylab
"Typical British caff food, nothing challenging or complicated, just straightforward hearty ingredients and recipes."
london
uk
food
restaurants
cafe
breakfast
september 2009 by ohskylab
Scientists gatecrash Secret Garden Party | Science | guardian.co.uk
august 2009 by ohskylab
So what is the organisation's end goal? Bowdler puts it simply: "To engage people with science who would not otherwise choose to immerse themselves in the subject."
uk
culture
events
science
education
conference
august 2009 by ohskylab
Real Time Carbon
july 2009 by ohskylab
"Each unit of UK electricity is currently causing this much CO2..."
uk
environment
green
data
energy
amee
co2
july 2009 by ohskylab
Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment » Nieman Journalism Lab
june 2009 by ohskylab
"Journalism has been crowdsourced before, but it’s the scale of the Guardian’s project — 170,000 documents reviewed in the first 80 hours, thanks to a visitor participation rate of 56 percent — that’s breathtaking." Brilliant.
guardian
django
python
politics
media
crowdsourcing
simonwillison
journalism
ec2
amazon
uk
june 2009 by ohskylab
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