Madness of double and triple basements
It’s time to put a stop to the digging, says Tony Hillier, who wants to see subterranean developments in Hampstead restricted to one floor underground
FEELINGS run high and mainly against big basements in Hampstead. > more |
Time to help the small businesses with big problems
EVERY powerholder talks big about the need to support small businesses.
And every powerholder, down the years, has done as little as he can get away with
Local authorities blame Whitehall, and Whitehall blames the local boys. > more
Lunchtime on the 29 and most people aren’t paying - I AM so sick of witnessing the blatant theft taking place daily on London’s “bendy bus” routes that... > more
So what are the choices really on offer for tenants? - THERE’S a rich irony in Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather insisting “tenants should have the right to choose”. > more
Your cash is wasted - CAMDEN Council appears to be in financial trouble and may have to pare down its services in consequence. > more
No call for rudeness at the opera - HELEN Lawrence is, of course, entitled to her views of the current Tristan und Isolde at the Royal Opera House (Review, October 8)... > more
The three poetry musketeers - ONE small point to add to Dan Carrier’s informative piece about Judith Chernaik, Gerard Benson and Cicely Herbert, the three... > more
Bittersweet memory - RICHARD Osley asks “How bittersweet would it be for our Tories if they won a general election but lost their stake in Camden’s politics... > more
Fear about IDS record - ALL council tenants should be alarmed to read that the Conservatives have promised to put Iain Duncan Smith in charge of forming... > more
Help the volunteers - QUEEN’S Crescent Community Association (Time to save 10 O’Clock Club! October 8) are to be congratulated in saving this much-loved... > more
Evening access to GPs is a key issue - CAMDEN NHS’s announcement of a 60,000-patient polyclinic in the Kilburn area has aroused confusion for Camden... > more
Post office ‘may reopen’ - I SHARE the frustrations about the new ticket service being offered at Camden High Street post office as expressed by readers and I am... > more
Improving the museum - I WANTED to write following my visit to the British Museum’s current special exhibition Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler and following your... > more
Incinerator dangers - EVERY resident of Camden, Islington and Barnet will be affected by the North London Waste Plan, about to be made public. > more
Climate and Christianity - IT was great to see (Bless all creatures, October 8) the fabulous pictures of the Blessing of Pets which took place in the garden at Our Lady... > more
Architecture of Euston Road - THERE’S been a fair bit of debate about the proposed rebuild of the recently rediscovered Victorian arch at Euston Station and I... > more
Strategy for demolition - THE current Maiden Lane demolition fancy strategy is cunningly constructed to lead us, people who live there, through to responding Yes! Yes! > more |
