ADDICTIONS take many forms. Some people are addicted to drink or drugs.
But another addiction lurks behinds the staid walls of the Town Hall – an addiction to the use of consultants.
It’s a new phenomenon that can be traced back to the early 1990s, when the rules of the market economy were introduced into the life and business of Camden Council, as they were throughout the country. > more
Museum critics can’t speak for us - THE so-called Bloomsbury Conservation Advisory Committee has no right to speak about the British Museum development... > more
Plea on Wharf site - I HOPE your article on the Hawley Wharf development turns up the heat on the developer to come clean about plans for the phantom third site. > more
What a Carry On - YOU credit the lovely woman in the centre of the above photograph as being Ms Nolan (Review page 3, October 22). > more
Vale view - “MORE worthy of the Costa Brava, not Hampstead Heath”. > more
Conkers - DOUBTLESS the chestnut recipes by Clare Latimer are delicious, but gathering chestnuts for human consumption is not without risk. > more
Positively the PM - WE refer to the front page article of the October 15 edition of the New Journal (PM gets a grilling from gran) and feel it does not truly reflect the... > more
Oppose online cuts - I AM concerned about Camden Council’s proposal to slash their funding for a vital resource. > more
Successes of PCSOs - I AM writing in response to your article (Business’ doubts on community cops, October 22). > more