One thing’s clear from this library gobbledegook – the redundancies
Writer and library activist Ruth Gorb takes a close look at Camden’s ‘consultation pack’ on the future of its service… and finds it incomprehensible
IF you find the instruction manual in an Ikea assembly pack a bit of a facer... > more |
Imagination and debate are key to beating political apathy
THIS newspaper has often been critical of policies and decisions taken by both the current administration at the Town Hall and its predecessors.
Neither elected members, nor politically thinking members of the public, nor our readers in general, would expect anything else. > more
Why the rush with £5bn ‘New Town’? - THE massive £5billion “Brent Cross New Town” will be decided by Barnet planning committee on September 23. > more
Views of the Overground - SO the Cinderella line has found its prince in the shaped of a £250million cash injection. > more
University challenge and Gandhi - IN the article (University challenged over ‘Gandhi was graduate’ claim, September 10), there is reference to the “… University of... > more
Tube accident waiting to happen - I AGREE with much of your report about the state of disrepair of Camden Town Tube station (New Journal, September 10). > more
Kitchen joy - I WRITE regarding the recent criticism of work carried out by Apollo contractors (Housing refurbishment programme is a shambles, August 27). > more
Post it note - I WROTE in several weeks ago warning that closing the Albany Street post office would put even more pressure on the post office in Camden High Street. > more
Power and information - AT Monday’s council meeting, elected representatives of Camden were asked by council officers to note that a decision by them... > more
Tackling climate change - I’D like to reassure the letter writer (Raise the bar on climate targets, September 10) that Camden Council is completely committed to... > more
Don’t pin this one on Senator McCarthy - REVIEWING Witch-Hunt in Hollywood (August 20), Gerald Isaaman claims that Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “bullying... > more
Improvements on the estate - I AM baffled by Jack Smith’s letter (How carelessly the council are squandering our assets, September 10) regarding the Chalcots... > more
Right to buy - IN David Simmons’s letter (Crisis due to Labour, September 10) concerning the reduction of council housing stock, the figure of 4,176 should in fact have... > more |