Category Archives: in the media

Lakeside Medical Centre photo and Halifax and the concrete houses

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Max

    I seem to have become a minor expert on local matters through the course of writing this blog. It was pointed out to me this week that I have a leftist approach and I only know my stuff … Continue reading →

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Local news reporting: Could do better

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Max

There’s a video on Youtube that shows a girl hanging off a tower block in Thamesmead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wJpBpboh4HM If you go and have a look at it on Youtube you can see that it was uploaded seven years ago. Why, then, … Continue reading →

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I’m all for diversity but…

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Max

I’m a little baffled by the local primary school that has decided to celebrate the “gift” of dyslexia. I know it is generally poor form to begin an argument with “Some of my best friends are…” but I actually do … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Past

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Max

The following article first appeared in The Guardian, in March 2000 and it focuses on Thamesmead, linking it to A Clockwork Orange which was about to get a fresh release. It is no longer available on the Guardian website so … Continue reading →

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