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ooooh - the dusty corridors of the UL ...

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Oh not entirely true, though they can sometimes feel a bit stern and are sticklers for the correct opening and closing of the doors. Some of them do have their "ways" but there are some lovely, warm people there - especially with kids. I'd say that they are "quietly friendly" which is fine by me. Some of them do sessions at local nurseries - reading aloud and fostering a love of books and stories. Big up to Pam a happy feature of my childrens lives and eagerly looked for on the streets of ED.

This is a lovely small campsite in Brittany. It does have Eurocamp tents but its mostley independent campers. There's a pool but it also has direct access to a lovely beach via a field - very nice. Brittany can be rainy however!

oh please - not again DMC is Dulwich Medical Centre which is on Crystal Palace Road sandwiched between Gumboots Community Nursery and East DUlwich Community Centre. One of the main onbjections last time around was the pharmacy question - the idea that local pharmacies would be put out of business. It all looks rather different now that the Northcross Road independent has been sold to Lloyds Pharmacy. As I say, 4 stories is rather high especially when it will overlook / over shadow the nursery's outdorr space but as I haven't seen the plans I couldn't make a sensible comment on that.

oh - poor you - I did wonder if you'd get to go (ref your previous post) bad luck

who's being a nimby here? 4 storeys on that site is pretty high - though it sounds like the range of sevices on offer could be interesting. Agree with you LEish about Lloyds pharmacy ... The DMC seems pretty good, and my experience, pretty patient focused and responsive

Do trees normally require watering? I would have thought the point would be that they don't - or perhaps its becasue they're not yet well established ...? I'd like to see apple trees on our streets - bit messy maybe ..

From the Horniman website in regard to the European section of the anthropology collection. "A unique aspect of this collection is that it contains substantial and important collections from western and central Europe as well as Scandinavia. Until recently, the Horniman has been the only museum in the UK committed to research in this area. Frederick Horniman was an avid collector of European material, acquiring examples of items which were in danger of being lost as a result of industrialisation and urbanisation. From 1901 - 1947, little European material entered the Museum. Since then, donations from England, Romania and the Balkans amongst others have enhanced the collections." I've been to performances by choirs there, I know there are performances of "european music" of all kinds and one of the biggest, most well attended events is the annual carol concert. There is a well established specialist "museum" of English Folk - Cecil Sharp House. If you're interested in "english" traditions you could do no worse then scor yourself a couple of tickets for the Dulwich Ukulele Club's May Day shindig.

eh? What do you mean ... The museum isn't just a building in the middle of a park. It was built by the Horniman family as a public museum and was donated with the land around it. There isn't a focus on Africa. The anthropology collection covers artefacts from many continents and is, in any case, a small part of the total collection which includes 250,000 items of "natural history" (the stuffed things), an aquarium, a hive of bees and the truly extraordinary stuffed walrud. There's the fantastic colletcion of musical intruments as well as touring exhibitions, smaller exhibitions, performaances, festivals, courses and a beautiful clock. I agree that the gardens are lovely but the plans sound like great improvements. The thing I don't like som much is the cafe.

FRom the bbc website: There is currently no vaccine for the new strain but severe cases can be treated with antiviral medication. It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

I shouldn't have watched Survivors. Nor read this. I'm mapping back onto ED.

I've spent hours: followingtwitter updates on swine flu which have lead me to ... freakish analyses by economists on the potential impact of flu pandemic on personal finance reading the news about swine flu and feel like I'm watching it spread - mexico, new york, heathrow ... exploring quite why the 1918 pandemic killed mostly the healthy, early middle aged checking out flu-wiki and reading crazy shopping lists for pandemic social meltdown scenarios (apparently I don't need to worry so much about stockpiling "creamer" as likely as not I'll have plenty in but 106 loo rolls are pretty much essential) checking out the price of counterfeit tamiflu online so, just the usual saturday night self-torture then - not looking forward to a day with the sunday papers and more armageddon-lite with my kippers

... and as for face masks you should be able to get those from the army ...

I thought public gatherings had been cancelled (football matches my only example and I'm not clear where this applies - ie if its only in the area affected by the flu) - are you sure your conference is still going ahead ...?

perhaps there are more injuries caused by vehicles in he borough than by knife attack?

I don't think it proves much. Its right and proper that the bbc strives to fair and balanced and seen to be striving. The easily accessible complaints procedure and culture of complaining which now exists (outside the bbc but reflected by its approach and serious consideration of every complaint that is made) means that sometimes there is a pernickerty fiddling about the rules rather than attention to the substance of whats been broadcast. Which is to say the world beyond govt has got more savvy about rules and regulations as well as perceiving that there's an automatic right to influence what's broadcast and how. The complaint, partially upheld by the BBC trust against EDite Jeremy Bowen, and reported today was made by a tiny section of the audience (reportedly 3 complaints). The investigation by the Trust and the subsequent comment in national newspapers and messageboards,including calls for his resignation, shows how extraordinarily difficult it is to negotiate an impartial line in an area where feelings run high and facts are disputed (and Malcolm Tucker would have something to say about "facts"). Similarly in the Brand/Ross furore everybody wanted the BBC to represent "their" interests and the same "heavy handed" repsonse by the BBC trust might be seen by others as flimsy. "Responsibility" can be perceived as excessive pandering to political masters but the truth is that there are many competing and contradictory interests and, mostly, the BBC treads a pretty steady path, I think. Edited to say: cross posted with you MP ... re JB reading the reports I think, technically, they had a point - ie if you drill down to a precise interpretation of the editorial guidelines but in context its nonsense

because, of course, that document wasn't "sexed up" was it ...

I'm reading Revolutionary Road - haven't seen the film but its a lot like Mad Men (the book).

I think its a mighty fine idea

So, I have a horrible feeling April's about to kill herself (in my book) but the bus made it up the hill and I was home in time for Night Waves ...

I do indeed have a good - though sad book but only 30 pages left - yikes

oh no - I feared it might be

it's now 2 hours since I left work in central London and i'm now trapped on a diverted 185 inching down the walworth road - what's going on?

I too cycle via the e&c cycle bypass but do find it sometimes a litte tricky to unpick (for example I often get cery lost trying to hook back into the road that runs parallel to Walworth Road. I'm also surprised by how few people seem to use it and I wonder if its because people don't know about it. A very simple and helpful thing Southwark council could do is make up a downloadable map showing how it works and exactly where it is.