Deptford Market Finds
This week at uni we started our final major project (I’ll be uploading my project proposal soon) and so I’ve been out on the hunt for materials, supplies and images to use. My project is based upon found images, in particular old slides, so I hit Deptford Market this morning to add to my collection, when I came across this gem for the pricely sum of £4…
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
…with the slides nicely numbered and catalogued…
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
Photo of the Day: 04 February 2011
Protesters grabbed stones while charging supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo Friday. Tens of thousands of demonstrators demanded that he step down Friday. A government defense minister became the first high-level figure to visit protesters. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
Via WSJ
Portfolio: FaKso
More images here
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Photo: FaKso
Photo: FaKso
Pantone Cookies
Graphic designer Kim Neill made these amazing Pantone Cookies (click for recipe) to give as gifts to her clients. They’re now on my to-do list.
Via Miss Cakehead
Some things never change
Check out this old Spitting Image sketch, on the privatisation of the British Railway network. Looks like things haven’t changed a bit, with the ConDem goverment now eager to even offload our forests…
Photo of the Day: 25 January 2011
Photo: Corentin Walravens
Photo of the Day: 24 January 2011
Photo: Andres Medina
All out to defend education!
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
The assembly and march route for the London education demonstration on the 29 January have been announced. Info below from the Education Activist Network website:
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In London and Manchester: Click to download flyers (pdf)
The London demonstration will be starting at ULU, Malet Street at 12 o’clock and heading for Parliament. The closing rally will be taking place outside Victoria Towers Garden next to Parliament.
You can download a London-specific leaflet here: fight every cut EAN JF
The Manchester demonstration will assemble at 10:30am: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road
March route, setting off 11:00am: South via Oxford Road and Wilmslow Road to Platt Fields Park
Rally venue, 13:00: Platt Fields Park
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At LSBU, we have organised a breakfast meet-up in the morning, where we will be joined by local schools, colleges and universities, before heading off to form a feeder march. Details TBA very shortly.
If you’d like to follow the London march, I’ll be making (hopefully) regular updates via my Twitter account, as will the Education Activist Network. Let me know if you’re going to be on either march by leaving a comment below, or contacting me on Twitter. Also, feel free to share your plans for the day!
The truth about bottled water
I’ve come across these facts and figures before, and I stopped buying bottled water some time ago, but I stumbled across this and thought it deserved a post…
Video: Natasha Murray
Photo of the Day: 23 January 2011
Algiers, Algeria: Riot policemen use their shields to protect against projectiles during a demonstration against a law banning public gatherings
Photo: AP
